Word: delight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...almost pathological addiction to antitheses, a delight in epigrams which borders on the abnormal, and when conscious of himself and of his flawless oratorical manner he is at his worst. It is only when, forgetting the polished phrases and impressive periods which he has designed, he suddenly loses himself in the deep fervor of his belief, in the white heat of his emotion, that his eloquence rises to really lofty heights...
...skeleton was thin, undulating, crumbling. The shattered bones of the gangling creature stretched 26 feet; projecting from the body were four chipped, broken appendages. These, the paleontologists decided, had been paddles. They noted with delight that the creature had had three eyes, the third in the middle of its small, narrow head. They classified it as a plesiosaurus,* a marine reptile which perished in the waters covering the spot perhaps 100 or 200 million years...
Washington last week took sentimental delight in a concert by the musical Homers. Mother-Contralto Louise Dilworth Beatty Homer and Daughter-Soprano Louise Homer Stires* were stars, made a homely picture standing together singing the songs of Father-Composer Sidney Homer to the filial accompaniments of Younger Daughter Katharine Homer...
...appeared with promises of pleasure. In the first moment of action on the stage and one in which for an instant the enchantments of the underworld seemed real, Faust wrapped his cloak around him and flew with his companion through the dark air in search of gaudy cities and delight...
Sport writers, men in the street, other students of American folk-lore have taken great pleasure in talking about a lack of spirit at Harvard. They take a sadistic delight in pointing to every defeat on the athletic field as a symptom of an ever decreasing loyalty on the part of Harvard men, and even hint that the doctrine of overemphasis was invented merely to save the trouble of organized cheering. How upsetting it must be to the followers of conventional doctrines to have President Little of Michigan throw the full force of his opinion onto the other side...