Word: mannerizes
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...with the same ambitious aim of adhering scrupulously in every instance to actual recorded facts," and he notes a few trivial deviations from the facts of the incidents he depicts. But while he has been meticulous in his plots, he has deviated so far from the truth in his manner of presentation that the book fails utterly...
...before the public history as a pageant, great men and famous women acting out the world's story, Mr. Sabatini has selected incidents ranging in variety from Boris Gudonov's encounter with the pretended son of Ivan the Terrible to the betrayal of Sir Walter Raleigh. Then, in the manner of the more rabid of the Romantic school writers, he has moved his characters ranting bombastically, gesturing grandly through the scenes. He has robbed his characters of any individuality, and little traits of personality, and left them mere names...
...established an Industrial Relations Court, having jurisdiction over all labor disputes, with power to initiate proceedings on its own motion, or on the complaint of either party, of the Prosecuting Attorney, or of any other citizen. The court conducts an investigation, and makes its findings in the usual manner; and it has authority to decree conditions of living or housing, or hours of employment, or scales of wages, retroactive to the beginning of the inquiry...
...snow shoveller's wage to satisfy a cultured musician, despite the fact that they were gradually losing many of their most accomplished artists, and in consequence their claim to having the best orchestra in the country, the facts needed to be brought to their attention in a more definite manner...
...Gleason in what manner the principles of the Constitution or indeed any legislative measures successfully passed render the right to strike illegitimate or even defiant? H. M. FLINN...