Word: ade
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this, as in most crises, Engels saved them. Determining to make money, Engels became a manufacturer in Manchester, a member of the Stock Exchange, on the surface lived the typical life of a well-to-do Englishman, which included frequent fox-hunts with conservative companions. Behind this façade, Engels supported Marx financially, arranged for the publication of his work, kept an Irish mistress, studied military strategy in preparation for the World Revolution. Reading constantly, Engels learned "to stutter in 20 languages," learned Persian in three weeks, once wrote that he was going to take a fortnight...
...National Government." That master stroke has given Britain a Cabinet Conservative in fact which has carried on for nearly four years under the pretense that Mr. MacDonald, having ditched his Labor friends, yet remained a "National Laborite," and somehow represented Britain's proletariat. Because this political façade must soon crumble before the reality of a general election, Conservative Party Leader "Honest" Stanley Baldwin was ready last week to step out candidly as Prime Minister. He has lived all this while at No. 11 Downing St., next door to Prime Minister MacDonald. Holding the sinecure called Lord President...
Lovers of that master of humorists, Will Rogers, will find an evening of mirthful entertainment in "The County Chairman," current feature at the University Theater. Written by George Ade, this proved to be on the most popular plays in the history of the American stage. In the film version, Will Rogers is cast in a difficult role which only he could have played with the necessary human touch...
...County Chairman, adapted from oldtime Slangster George Ade's play produced in 1903, Chairman Rogers makes his law partner a candidate for prosecuting attorney to oppose the pompous rascal who stole the woman Rogers loved in his youth. Complications arise from the fact that the Rogers candidate (Kent Taylor) loves the opponent's daughter (Evelyn Venable...
...building, designed by Architect John Russell Pope, has on its façade an ornate icing of Renaissance cornices, spandrels, balustrades. Inside, however, it is as efficient a library building as exists in the country. Completely air conditioned, there are no windows below the third floor. Besides the stacks, there is a walnut-paneled reading room, a smaller study for advanced students, a photographic studio, a photostat room, offices, cafeteria for the staff...