Word: impression
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...introduced to the President and had a ten minutes talk. He did not impress me in the least. He told me his grandfather and grandmother both come from Ulster, but met for the first time in America. He said he had a keen sense of humor. He has not yet been for his trip around the devastated country and he is so angry with the Italians that he has given up his Italian trip. No. He did not impress me in the least. But my conversation was too short, and our subjects too general, to allow me to form...
...satisfied with the fast pace of the Romans she attempts to outdistance them. It is very plain that the author has carefully studied all of the vices of ancient Rome and is attempting to shock the reader by revealing them through the veil of satire. Seldom does he impress, amuse, or delight, but he always succeeds in disgusting the reader. Cleopatra in the passionate embrace of Antony, Cleopatra in the passionate embrace of Antony, Cleopatra stroking the "smooth dark, velvety skin" of her black African eunuch, Cinnabar, with her bear foot. Cleopatra drinking herself under the table at a Roman...
...third university crew faces eights from Yale, Princeton, and Pennsylvania. None of the crews have any racing records, and any prediction as to the outcome is impossible. The Harvard boat, however, did not impress in its workouts on the Charles, trailing an informal combination class eight in practice, and it will be a surprise if the Crimson boat leads the way over the Schuylkill course...
...Love"--that is all. It takes about a hundred pages of very, very polite conversation to get the plot tugged out of port and under way. Maxims are to be found at the beginning and end of each line, and one feels that Arlen is trying his hardest to impress us with his cleverness. I advise him to read some more Oscar Wilde and go back to Armenia...
...Deputy Was King, Thunderstorm), now deserves a niche no whit below Christopher Morley's (Where the Blue Begins), from dog-lovers. If he could read it, Toes would ejaculate: "Great Spratt! I say, you chaps, that is a book! My copy is all dog-eared." It would impress Kim, too, but being reticent and profane, he would doubtless growl: "My Dog, cut your row, Toes. Every Legs, you know...