Word: dissected
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Singularly - perhaps I believe Mr. Altman is sincerely a truth seeker, but he will have to let go of his very elementary books before he can hope to progress. He hasn't learned to read the Bible yet, let alone criticize and dissect...
...gentle, reasonable, humble to quarrel or criticize. Attacks upon himself left him unmoved. Sociably inclined, he had to contend with his fondness for people to get his work done. His love and respect for his children was immense. A keen sportsman in youth, he could hardly bear to dissect pigeons later. The favorite game of his gentle, invalid age is referred to in a letter: "Now the tally with my wife in backgammon stands thus: she, poor creature, has won only 2,490 games while I have won, hurrah, hurrah, 2.795 games!" A pious country Woman, on hearing that...
Maillol attempts a direct treatment of essential form and line in an effort to interpret the inner truth which he and Matisse strive to dissect. The distorted drawing and crude modelling is the result of artistic conviction, rather than inability to draw or chisel...
...micro-vivisection" apparatus so delicate that it enables scientists to dissect living cells has been perfected by Professor C. E. Tharaldsen, of the Department of Zoology, Northwestern University. It consists of a brass lever moved by three finely adjusted screws, manipulating special glass needles which can be brought to bear upon a cell suspended in a drop of nutrient fluid under the lens of the microscope. The needles, the essential part of the machine, are finer than hairs and are formed like a "J" or an "L." The apparatus is superior to similar devices now in use, in that...
...last the Senate can settle down to some interesting business. There is a new treaty to dissect, a new opportunity to bandy words the like of which has not been seen since 1918. "Does the Senator from Idaho?"--will be heard at frequent intervals if we are to judge from the opening debate. The Senate and the newspapers are apparently equally thrilled over the prospect of action once more, if what goes on in the Upper House at Washington can pass under that name; and the country would be thrilled too were it not for several facts...