Word: real
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...subdued crowd that had gathered to see him leave. His pale face was heavily lined; to newspapermen still sensitive enough to recognize a human tragedy in a political battle, he seemed, not like a statesman who has lost, but like a man who had suffered some personal grief as real as the death of a friend. The inauguration ceremonies were over; the ex-President waited heavily through this last ritual of his office. With the train's first movement he turned quickly and went into his private car. His secretary, who feared that he was at the edge...
...creative impulses, led to the development of productive forces, stimulated inventions, spurred the commercial development of them, European experiences under Fascist and Communist dictatorships proved that freedom was never lost by a direct assault. He wrote: "The drama moves swiftly in a torrent of words in which real purposes are disguised in portrayals of Utopia; [in] slogans, phrases and statements destructive to confidence in existing institutions; demands for violent actions against slowly curable ills; unfair representation that sporadic wickedness is the system itself; searing prejudice against the former order; dismay and panic in the economic organization which feeds...
...years before Christ was born, old man Diogenes was sunbathing on a Corinthian hillside. Beside him was the tub in which he lived, and his only real friend, a mangy dog. Suddenly a chariot charged up, out of which stepped an elegant, arrogant young man with ruddy cheeks, melting eyes, hair like a lion...
While officially Bill Daughaday is not listed in the 165 pound class, it is still uncertain whether he or Hal Tine takes the mat tomorrow in this weight. Pete Illman, in perhaps the best trim he has been for a long while, looks like a real threat in the 165 pound class. Some hard workouts during the week have ironed out a few difficulties, and he can now be placed among the best wrestlers on the team. Tudor Gardiner is slated to grapple unlimited this week...
...Chinese whose views on himself, life and the Occident have gained him a wide following. Don't take your preconceptions about the novel form with you into this novel. . . There's always John Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath," whether you think it's the Great American novel of real worth to make an impression on the reading public since "G--W--T--W--". . . Vardis Fisher tells the story of the Mormen trek in "Children of god." A capable book and to be recommended to both Fisher fans and enemies. . . Safest fiction of the year to give is C.S. Forester...