Word: singularly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Throughout the 92 years of his life, Quincy always held to his definition of correct behavior. And this almost always brought him success, with the singular exception of his sojourn at Harvard. As a Congressman, reform mayor, historian, and Federalist leader he had few peers; when the Corporation selected Quincy as the fifteenth president of the College it was on the basis of a distinguished record of public service...
...form. Each Strunk command (Do not break sentences in two. Use the active voice. Omit needless words) is followed by a short, barking essay and examples in parallel columns-right v. wrong, timid v. bold, ragged v. trim. Strunk had pet usages; he insisted on forming the possessive singular of nouns by adding 's regardless of the final consonant (Rule 1 ). It would have enraged him to read a modern newspaper headline about Bonnie Prince Charlie: CHARLES' TONSILS...
...papers across the land. Identical in size-18½ in. by 23½ in., four to six pages-all are of such a numbing editorial sameness that E. A. Lazebnik, deputy director of propaganda for the party Central Committee in the Ukraine, was moved in 1956 to complain with singular bluntness: "If one were to conceal the names of newspapers, it would be almost impossible to tell which is which...
...comparison, the later Picassos enter the more vulnerable realm of the first person singular and juggle an ingenuity, a coquetry, a sense of invention, which may triumph but which, on the other hand, may adulterate the goal. Picasso is a conspicuous example of one who has used personal invention to the most effective degree, witness a Guernica or a Weeping Woman. On the other hand, fatalities exist too. The ingenuities of the twenties no longer spread as far as they once did. The first days of true retrospective judgment on that era are just commencing...
...these factors helped to explain Britain's singular preoccupation last week with the need, and the expectancy, of bringing off fruitful negotiations at the summit. Other NATO partners were prepared to talk at the summit, but - thanks largely to Khrushchev's retreat from his original "either or" ultimatum - were in no mood to yield easily. No longer so fearful that a real ultimatum showdown with Russia was at hand, they felt less need to make a parade of unreal unanimity...