Word: seemingly
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...introduction criticizes the New Testament as flawed by "limited vocabularies," "stylistic infelicities," "syntactical shortcomings," "overladen sentences" and "rhetorically ineffective words and phrases"-in general, literary sins no "Western contemporary writer" would commit. The scholars are obviously trying to prepare readers for what they call their "unvarnished" version, but they seem to protest too much about the style of the ancient writers. After all, translators throughout the ages have had to deal with the blunt prose of Mark and the sometimes serpentine arguments and broken thoughts of Paul's letters...
...secret that it was the highest ever for a French painting. Reliable sources put it at $1,600,000 -$50,000 more than Norton Simon paid for Renoir's Le Pont des Arts in 1968. It reflected-and will encourage -the hugely inflated prices collectors seem willing to pay for Impressionist and post-Impressionist painting...
More cases seem likely unless Government agencies exercise tighter control over lead in pottery intended for culinary use. Spurred by their discovery, the Canadian research team conducted extensive tests on the commercial, hand-crafted and imported pottery available in their country. Of the 264 surfaces tested for lead release, more than half exceeded the FDA's allowable maximum, some by more than...
Globe Editor Winship supplies a Boston view of the two: "It's a little unfair to compare them. They seem to have a different mission. Harper's is very lively and au courant. It's even going a bit kinky. The Atlantic still retains its heritage of civility, literary writing and careful reporting." Adds Ward Just, who has written for both magazines: "Manning hasn't sacrificed durable quality for the passions of the moment. He is not afraid to be dull at times...
...writer; the narrator's friend, an athlete who falls to his death from the town's water tower; a rich widow who befriends the narrator and sends him to college; the town banker, the town's batty spinster librarian, the secret homosexual. So many novelists seem to have lived the same boyhood...