Word: bitting
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...died for in '76, 1812, '61 and in 1918, more of our other men will have to become a little defiant, a little harsh, a little less inclined to seek the easiest way. The entire country would be a lot better off if every individual read your bit on Williams...
...then that social order . . . must turn to a tyrant for its hero and leader." Democracy, "awkward, sluggish, often sadly wasteful," nevertheless gives the freest play to the "common kindly impulse of organized humanity," but it will only survive if the democratically trained citizen - "naturally a bit lazy, instinctively inclined to improvidence, by birthright glad to let well enough alone" - decides in his heart that the democratic way of life is a good...
...witness was sure he would never forget Mr. Klein's laugh), demanded his signature, Mr. Pigola finally convinced the court that he was Mr. Pigola. Angry Pigolates and Kleinsters bandied insults as the case was dismissed. Mrs. Klein shook her head, sadly muttered: "He looks like him, every bit of him looks like...
...country had a grim will of its own, and the people had guts. . . . There was something in their deep-mouthed slurring of the dialect, and the thresh-thresh of their hobnailed pit-boots as they trailed home in gangs on the asphalt from work, that was terrible and a bit mysterious." But if people are strong, factories are still vulnerable to high explosive...
...less pious precincts this summer, Ann Corio will probably fall back on her burlesque routine. When she returns to burlesque in the fall, she will add a bit of variety to her act by breaking into a boastful ditty written by Tunesmith Edwin Gilbert especially for her: I was a Hit in Legit...