Word: brilliant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bemoaned the passing of the oldline lobbyist who "really knew the tariff." He suggested the formation of a special school in which younger men could be taught the art of tariff lobbying. Praise from the master-lobbyist: "If there were a hundred brilliant young men like Mr. Eyanson [see below] in Washington, the country would be better...
...assuredly I do not agree with John Dewey in some of his ideas. I knew him when he lived in Burlington and was in the University of Vermont, where I also graduated a few years later; I knew his brothers who were good fellows, but John Dewey, while a brilliant man in his line I am sure, does not appeal to me after the stand he took in the Sacco-Vanzetti matter not long ago, and he with a lot of other theoretical high brows, Heywood Broun, for instance, always wanting some Red or Pink communist to be allowed...
...then Fritzi Scheff's fortunes have varied too. Good comic operas have been scarce since the days of Victor Herbert. Tales of temperament have frightened some managers. She has been forced to occasional vaudeville towns, to doing Modiste over the radio, taking a turn at legitimate dramatics. The brilliant career of a captivating person might thus have tapered away into nothing had it not been for last week's revival. Now, due to its success, Modiste may go on tour again...
Marsters' play during his sophomore year electrified the Big Green rooters and the 1928 season should have found him more brilliant than ever. Injuries last fall, however, prevented him from showing his stuff. The galloping Dartmouth back, also known in sporting circles as "Special Delivery" Marsters, seems to have hit his regular stride again this year. He can run, kick, and pass with the country's best. His hurdling experience has done him much good as a ball carrier and no team is safe when he's on the field. No matter where he has the ball, there is always...
...Round Table", printed by William Copland in 1557. There is only one other complete copy of this book in existence; and that rests now in the British Museum. Printed first in ordinary black and white, the front page of each copy of the work was then illuminated in brilliant colors by hand...