Word: obsessional
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
To this admirable list perhaps we can add a few others which it has been our own misfortune to observe. On one tragic occasion, we accepted an editorial which mentioned something as one of the most "enjoyable" features of college life. Another time we solemnly declared that the University "rejoices...
All these examples plainly indicate the absurdity of using words merely for the effect of their sounds. What applies in editorial writing applies in the every day college course. No matter whether it is in English composition or Greek translation, if one can tell his story in straight-forward language...
It has become a fashion amounting to almost an obsession for a great many Americans, especially those who are young, educated and have sojourned abroad, to deplore the lack of ideals, the "crass materialism," of their native land. The younger they are, the more educated they are, the longer they...
Echoes of the Great Game lurk in the current Advocate, but they are only echoes. Out of its seven contributions, one essay, one poem, and one story deal with athletics, and for such temperance in yielding to a present obsession the editors are to be praised.