Word: tyro
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...Discussing the nest of acanthus leaves round the fat figure 5 in the corners he writes: "No merest tyro in the draughting-room of a wallpaper plant that catered to the Wisconsin Scandinavian trade would be allowed to combine shapes in this brutal and reckless fashion." The 5 bothers him particularly. He reproduces its black bulk on one page followed for comparison by seven 55 from the fonts of celebrated designers. Overleaf is a little drawing of a fat harridan leaning against the Treasury's figure while a slender nymph stands by a modern 5 of Dwiggins design. Then...
...tyro at power and waterway questions is Senator McDougald, onetime medical student who made a fortune in gold and married rich Miss Mary Hannan. He was chairman of the Montreal Harbor Board from 1922 until late in 1930. His experience in such matters caused his appointment to the Canadian National Committee, an advisory body to investigate the benefits and disadvantages that might result to Canada if the Canadian-U. S. St. Lawrence Waterway project were carried out. Known as the best-dressed Senator and one of the best looking men in Ottawa, he has a commanding presence, is a good...
...series of murders, suicides, and man-hunts without any of the dilettantism of the modern school of gentleman sleuths. Despite his ignorance of Egyptian sculpture or criminal psychology, the inspector keeps the show well in hand. The center problem for solution is one of proving innocence. The most naive tyro might guess that the hands of Laureen, lovely revue star and suspect, are unstained by crime but it takes a masterly piece of detecting to clear her of the web of indicting circumstance...
...feel" by letting them "fly solo" before leaving the ground. Equipment used: i) a glider mounted to swing in the blast of a fan; 2) an almost wingless "kiwi" or taxiplane which scoots around the field but cannot rise and which has strong hoops in front to protect the tyro if he noses over; 3) an ordinary glider; 4) a low-powered training plane...
...breadth of view in this beginner's handbook that is breath-taking. Among the methods of seduction that are listed, the familiar "Feel My Muscle" approach, the plaintive. "An Ugly Old Thing Like Me" style, and the moss-backed "Everybody Does It" argument illustrate sufficient diversity to command the tyro's respect. The author handles these three outline cases with a facile calm surpassing the pure human. In returning the book to one's desk after the three hours it takes to read it from cover to cover, the first reaction should be a feeling of gratitude to Miss Hahn...