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… treasure trove of words, each with a precise meaning. It is also a source of confusion and frustration, since so many of … and refuse to stand still. Consider our word fowl , which comes from the Old English fugol , meaning any old bird. Our … the difference between Old English and modern English, Medieval Latin and Italian. Within those differences lie …

In a Garden IN A GARDEN Here, where iris blades are fine, Blazed the swords of Antonine— They are bits of greenish bronze, Stiller than the plaques of leaves Hanging from plum-covered eaves When noon is quiet as a bonze. . . . A gap in thinking blackens …

… The likeness goes further: each possesses the technical accomplishment of verse. But here the report is not so … this term perhaps, but the goods with which economics deals are no other than those perfectly arbitrary ones defined … delicious without painful consequences and all the toys obedient to the mechanics’ pleasure; so much it might lack of …

… came from the unjust peace treaty of Versailles. This is competently done, but when she gets beyond the point of … of recent international crises, not only a record, but also a scientific study of the consequences of these recent … and Professor Schuman is at no loss for facts to prove his points. “Europe on the Eve” gives a clear picture of the …

… under the guise of defining what a woman is, the phrase points emphatically to what she is not: “a woman whose … penetrated even feminist vernacular, before it began to die out. For one doesn’t hear much about “career women” … , were instead making movies designed to demonstrate the “incompatibility of career and personal happiness.” Movies like …