Word: worsteds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Lenin's intellectuality was put at the service of a bloodless ideal, that of a mechanical civilization in which economic forces were everything and human forces nothing. He strove to realize it by methods that were as horrible as any that Nero in ancient Rome or the worst inquisitor of the middle ages used. There has not been in history a man who so well exemplified the hellishness of a great intellect utterly barren of the noble influences that come from the heart...
...Gift. A bad play can often be rescued by good acting. Likewise both a bad play and bad acting can some-times be mitigated by good direction. The Gift is almost unique as a collection of the worst of all three...
...Philadelphia, Mr. Pennell addressed an eminent group at the Print Club. Said he: "You couldn't build anything worse than your City Hall, but you won't build anything better. It's the worst possible stone pile in any city in the world...
...visit of Mr. Johnson to Egypt was of concern to the Monitor's readers, it might have had the despatch cabled, or have interviewed Mr. Johnson on his arrival. The publication of the correspondence without apology was an indication of one of the worst of journalistic faults, laziness...
...certain Catholics.) Those who appear the most sanctified are the worst...