Word: smirks
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Dates: during 1921-1921
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Nothing is quite so deadly as the chuckle, the smirk, suppressed or unsuppressed, which some of our current "literature" renders illustrious. That is why we are thankful for the Advocate. There is here no "attempt" at anything, not even a momentary toying with nuance and innuendo and theatricality. To be sure, one finds it picturesque to straddle the fence and bury one's head in the sand, all at a breath; but one also finds it invariably fatal...