Word: flavor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This fact and the presence of professional schools under the same academic roof give a certain flavor to the atmosphere of a university not to be found in a college which stands by itself. The methods of instruction necessarily reflect this atmosphere. But the most distinctive feature of a university is to be found in the calibre of its teachers. These men are themselves learners; they are men who are devoting their lives to acquiring knowledge as well as to imparting it. Whether the instruction be by tutorial conference or by lectures, such teachers have throughout their careers a quality...
...Howard found that the songs of U. S. tots, often accompanied by ritualistic fingerpointing, spitting, face-making and nose-thumbing, were savage but cheerful in spirit, had "a Rabelaisian flavor." Sample...
Maurice first went to the Collège Stanislas, a strict and scholarly Catholic school with considerable social standing and a military flavor. One of his teachers was Mgr. Henri Marie Alfred Baudrillart, now Cardinal Baudrillart, who still remains one of General Gamelin's best friends. At Stanislas, methodical Maurice further disciplined his mind by memorizing ten lines of prose at night (because it was harder than poetry) and reading a book of philosophy a week. After Stanislas he entered St. Cyr, French West Point, where in 1893 he finished first in a class...
...added some 25 pounds to his weight and four inches to his girth, but that is much less than some of his lieutenants have gained. The early Hitler accent was typical of the Austrian civil service class into which he was born. Educated Austrians declare it had a Czech flavor. Now he has a more cultivated speech. The voice is noticeably coarser and Herr Hitler, despite the assurances of six attending physicians, is still worried about cancer of the throat...
Setting up camp in the South Seas, Charles and Elsa Laughton have produced "The Beachcomber," their version of Somerset Maugham's "The Vessel of Wrath." Unique and distinctive in flavor, the picture shows the touch of original minds, unfettered with any great desire to produce a cash-register success. The pace is as slow and restful as South Sea surf. The comedy and tragedy of the plot are not, for the most part, dependent upon melodramatic action, but rather upon the subtle shades of acting. Yet the best acting, the best characterizations, are done by the supporting cast...