Word: mannerizes
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...Cryer had refused permission for the meeting, and denied Sinclair's " constitutional rights," charging that the novelist had forgotten his " constitutional duties." The Chief of Police declared that "If Sinclair felt that any city law invaded his rights he should have proceeded against it in a legal manner...
Bonar Law, like President Harding, was elected to office because he is a conservative and therefore could be trusted to administer the country in a quiet, calm and dignified manner, without rushing into new and dangerous legislation. Bonar Law's term of office is conspicuous for its lack of enterprise. Nothing important, excepting the Baldwin Budget, was accomplished. He was content to keep Britain out of the Ruhr, to let trade take its own course, to keep out of foreign politics as much as possible. He cannot claim any credit for the agreement with Washington on the British debt; that...
...many, the daring experiment of farcing what was obviously written as a farce, instead of playing it in the more usual " Oh Lord, here's a classic!" manner, seemed highly successful. As successful as could be, considering the fact that most of the Elizabethan cross-fire and comic patter, has, like nearly all good topical stuff, lost much of its sting with the passage of the slang and catchwords of its day. The plot (mistaken identities) was, of course, a hardy perennial even before Shakespeare- and there are few " familiar quotations " in the Comedy of Errors to help...
...Africa where no zebra can take a drink without suddenly perceiving the camera click in the bushes of the water hole. And as for elephants taking a bath?they might just as well give it up as far as any privacy is concerned. All of which is a manner of saying that the present film is uncommonly realistic. For sceptics who refuse to accept this statement on the grounds that the critic's African information is derived solely from childhood visits to the zoo, it may be said that the film has been placed in the archives of the American...
...story of Bartholow is human matter fit for the pen of James of Meredith not unlike "Modern Love" in theme and manner but Meredith devoid of ornament. Bartholow, celebrating liberation of soul and intellect, discovers late the treachery of the liberating Raven "a resident savior domiciled", serene, a hypocrite redeemed by understanding. The woman, Gabrielle, whose tragedy is just a foil for Bartholow's reveals how superficial insincerity can stultify a spirit over-prone to casual conformity, until it dies unnourished. Like a "confidant" the other character--perhaps the post--is an incongruous philosopher who talks a Latinized American appropriate...