Word: interpreted
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According to the statement, "the applications were filled in the order given." A naive person would interpret this to mean, for example, that the Graduate Athletic Association was given precedence over other graduates, or that the New York Harvard Club received the worst tickets in the field. Neither is true. Of those represented in the last five classes of the list, most, although not quite all, had precedence over the majority of undergraduates. For instance, the New York Harvard Club received 884 tickets ahead of all undergraduates except H. A. A. members...
...Schools and Academies" by Dr. G. W. Botsford of the Department of History. In scope and method, the book is similar to the "History of Greece" by the same author. It aims to introduce the reader to the public life of the Romans, to illustrate their character, and to interpret their genius for organization. The arrangement and the connections of topics lay emphasis on the continuity of the subject so that the reader follows an uninterrupted line of thought from the beginning to the end. More than usual stress is placed upon the period of the emperors and the author...
Through natural poses and gestures the character of a person is often interpreted more clearly and accurately than through any other means; for emotions and feelings, which are to subtle for expression in words, may be shown in changes in the face and in the involuntary movements of the body. Certain poses and certain expressions are universally understood to interpret certain definite emotions, and, while the theory of the interpretation of character by pose is a subject, rather of philosophy than of art, it is nevertheless necessary that the artist and one who is to understand the work...
...dealing with subjects of the second general class, the Greek sculptors made use of grouping and of gestures to interpret the actions and the expressed emotions of their subjects. In this employment of gestures was shown some of the supremest skill of the Greek artists, for through the gestures of their subjects they suggest to the imagination of one who sees the statues, those outside causes which make the whole spirit of the statue and the gestures themselves intelligible...
...disappear. From this time must be dated the real beginning of his literary career. The old sensitiveness to emotion and idealism, the delicate fancy and imagination still remained, and to these he has added something of the sympathy with mankind and human nature by which alone he might interpret the emotions and characters...