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...President of the United States and Mrs. Herbert Hoover received 98-lb. King Prajadhipok and 115-lb. Queen Rambai Barni (TIME, May 4, 1931), Siam was the world's last country in which the Sovereign remained absolute. The Siamese Cabinet consisted chiefly of prolific Rama V's abler sons, and from that polygamous panel of 134 His Majesty had no difficulty in drawing really able Princes. To them King Prajadhipok once sternly declared: "In my own family the Princes who have no capacity and no ability have nothing to do with the government service. I, therefore, take...
...cabbages grow, carrying a huge spoon across a rocky mountain, all painted in meticulous mid-Victorian detail. Month ago a U.S. surrealist named Peter Blume won first prize ($1,500) at the Carnegie International Exhibition in Pittsburgh with his South of Scranton (TIME, Oct. 29). Last week a still abler Parisian surrealist named Salvador Dali arrived in Manhattan with a load of minutely painted canvases to bewilder the eye of logic...
...financial giants have had their share of homage and vituperation. Author Josephson comes neither to bury nor praise them; as observer of U. S. history, he thinks the 40 years (1861-1901) that saw their rise is more their day than the politicians'. A less ambitious but much abler and more scholarly work than Who Rides America? (TIME, Feb. 26), The Robber Barons will take its place on many a carefully considered library shelf. Though Author Josephson has an ax to grind, its edge is no longer considered socially dangerous. And though, like a good Jew, he keeps...
...statement of his presidential philosophy, he left no doubt of his mind and purpose. James Bryant Conant is in love with the search for knowledge. He believes that Harvard's mission is to lead that search. He is sure that Harvard can accomplish that mission only by securing abler...
...burlesque girl to his country home with more snobbish head-wagglings than those used for similar purposes by Buddy Rogers in Take a Chance. In her serious characterization of Janie Barlow as an inspired, warm-hearted runaway angel, Joan Crawford makes thoroughly apparent the fact that she is now abler as an actress than as a dancer. Good shots: Robert Benchley as a Broadway colyumist, languidly asking for a pencil; the start of Dancing Lady's flashiest musical number, with Fred Astaire going through routines which Joan Crawford tries to follow...