Word: devoid
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sane man the theme of "Paradise Lost" is so much moral and cosmic spinach, and that since Milton selected this subject because it was what he regarded as literal truth, not fiction, the poem, for all its beauties, smacks somewhat of futility, as must any thesis as devoid of any slightest biological probability. Mr. Boyd merely remarks that Poe's reputation as a souse did more to boost him into tardy fame than a dozen "Ravens" would have done and in so doing is but illustrating the fact that to the average fellow in his senses the capacities...
...curious thing about Harvard customs, or at least about the stories that have become traditional, is that they are invariably founded on fact, and not only that, but they are in main accurate and devoid of exageration. Perhaps in some future age old tales will be told how Professor Kittredge personally horsewhipped every man who dared to have a cold, and how, on the President's daily walks, the scuffings of the Presidential dog marked the spot where the next College building was to rise. But no Harvard's motto will still be "Veritas...
...game" spirit prevails among all Brown men. Brown looks to the Harvard game as the chief hope in a season that has been devoid of major victories. A Brown victory over Harvard, an honored rival, has always been an indication of a successful season. A win today will mean even more than it has in the past and will set to rest unfounded rumors of dissension among the squad...
...think that she is a high-school teacher whose office involves the molding of youth into fairminded, liberal, charitable men and women. She may be able to pound mathematics or whatever she teaches into the heads of her unfortunate pupils, but I dare say that she leaves them totally devoid of inspiration resulting from the radiation of those fine and noble purposes which should actuate every schoolteacher and college professor. I cannot conceive of a woman threatening boycott even on such illusive provocation. But fear not. Her veiled threat that she will make enemies for TIME throughout her limited sphere...
...means badly written, by no means devoid of interest, The Mallets, like Miss Young's last book William, is lifted above the commonplace by those valuable staples, sympathy and insight. These staples are sufficiently in evidence to make many readers of English novels, eaters of English muffins, consume this sturdy literary muffin and find it good...