Word: uncommonness
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Outwardly he was always brusque and repellent. A certain savagery marked his very face. He once observed that, in introducing a character, Homer is apt to draw attention to the eye. Certainly in himself this was the feature which first attracted notice; for his eye had uncommon alertness and intelligence...
...salesman being in the field must have a human point of view. No matter what he is selling he will find that the demands on his time and energy are great, and if he is travelling on the road he will find that physical weariness is not an uncommon companion. If, however, a college man undertakes sales work and stays by it, building all the time the human contacts which are so essential to success, financial rewards will be adequate to offset any hardship he may have undergone...
...literature (and who don't read it). Most of these authors should be collected in their original bindings and the lady will, of course, have to do over her library. There will be many cloth books in bright colors and paper labels and the decorator will have to use uncommon skill. Somehow I cannot see Barbellion in calf or Sherwood Anderson in levant. Hardy and France? Perhaps...
...Author. Mr. Seitz is 66, an authority on Whistler, Pulitzer, pirates. He is a thorough investigator of uncommon Americans, a resident of Brooklyn. He was business manager of the New York World from...
...stalks the shy, uncommon word...