Word: blushing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...didacticism. The editorial page which failed to state the ambitions, purposes, and ideals of the magazine, presented a farrago of misplaced propaganda and flippancy. The theatrical page brought out some interesting points in atrocious English. The reprint from a New York paper served only to make New Yorkers blush...
...told, and shows in several instances an acute understanding of human motive. Mr. Henderson's study, on the other hand, though simpler in theme, is much more perfectly and richly done. It is, indeed, a remarkably perceptive piece of work, one which many a well-known professional need not blush to have written. In delicacy of feeling and description it approaches the poetic. There is no waste in it: Mr. Henderson treasures his sentences. The psychology is sure and senitive, and Mr. Henderson resolves his theme in precisely the necessary subdued tone of climax...
...first blush this seizure seems like an unwarranted grabbing of neutral property. However, this is far from being the case. A well-known and established right of international law, the right of angary, allows belligerents to seize neutral shipping found in its territories, under stress of necessity and with proper compensation. Our need for more ships is great and ever-increasing. Holland will, of course, receive full payment for the use of her property...
Teeming with good literature on live subjects, the current Harvard Graduates' Magazine's accounts of the splendid work done by alumni in the organization of military training camps must bring the blush of shame to the cheeks of University undergraduates who have winked at opportunities to enlist in the service of their nation. Discourses by General Wood and "1898" are the leading features of the December issue...
...must change its hue; the roses must reform; the Titian-locked must consult a dyer; the robin must buy a new vest; we must learn to blush a pea green. Color is being legislated out of existence...