Word: singular
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cannot, unlike Alice, recall any adventures--no, we must find the Carpenter and shed another tear. . . . Swallowing hard, we escape from the prologue to the editorial page. What, O Lampy, Ibis, Blot! What has become of the magic pen? Where is the gentle flow of easy banter and the singular style that once outran alike sophomoric itchings and threadiness of subject? Such a bare veneer of it is the first editorial; and the rest, indeed, somewhat less than three paragraphs of silence. The style of Lampy has always been traditional. It must always be so; it must be perpetuated...
...wild charges that the murder of Mrs. Evans was the work of Agrarians have proved false. Three ignorant criminals are guilty in the case which moved the Mexican Republic. . . . The coincidence that the name of this unfortunate lady has been closely connected with the Cummins affair gave a singular aspect to the case. Moreover, the assassination of a woman advanced in age is a disgrace sincerely lamentable and has been felt by all public officials and the greater part of the Mexican family...
...Mercury's table of contents invariably includes three or four names wearing Ph.D.'s at their tails, letters boastfully included by Mr. Mencken among the virtues and credits of his performers. And again he has done a singular thing. He seems to have discovered some lost tribe of white professors, a warring tribe who truss up their gowns and take the field against the sacred bulls of American letters, arts, sciences...
Manhattan, Hewitt Morgan threatened his singular supremacy. In the match, Gould's right hand was seized with cramp. He repeatedly dropped his racquet to massage it. But he won, 6-1;1, 6-1, 11-9. If Morgan had won the third set, Gould might have lost the match through weariness...
Although born so long ago, he does not need the assistance of the Fountain of youth, as he is inclined to feel only as old as the number of birthdays he has had. He also enjoys the singular advantage o receiving more Christmas presents than ordinarily from considerate friends to compensate for the birthday shortage...