Word: afar
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Cromwell's to which Mr. Eccles takes strong exception. Lameduck Congressman John J. McGrath of California; Deputy Administrator Aubrey Williams of WPA, who had just put his foot in his mouth again (see p. 14); Dr. Will Alexander, the Farm Security Administrator-these were Presidential callers from afar, before Ambassador Hugh Wilson arrived from Berlin...
Hague and Jersey City form a political curiosity which may be observed with scientific interest from afar; similarly, Huey Long's reign in Louisiana excited national attention. They are isolated cases, but when Mayor Hague's bullying methods spread to Newark, the time has come to view with alarm. Perhaps the growing emulation of Hague is nor surprising in view of Mr. Thomas's indictment of Governor Moore as "only Hague's Charlie McCarthy." In any, case the isolated curiosity must be checked before its "tyranny in the guise of patriotism" becomes a vogue in American municipalities. Just...
...Radio) guffaws incontinently over the plight of a man (James Stewart) and a maid (Ginger Rogers) who are early to wed but late to bed. The man is a young biology professor, the maid a blonde, high-kicking cafe singer. Flimsy, bedroom-farcey, Vivacious Lady fetches predicaments from afar to eke out its plot to feature length...
...South Africa and the West Indies. In this winter of f lourishing cruise business most of the world's greatest liners-including the Rex, Berengaria, Empress of Britain, Paris, Normandie-will sail from the world's greatest cruise port, carrying an estimated 57,000 passengers to seas afar at an estimated $350 a head...
...Playwright Kingsley's script was Spit's real-life pursuit of Francey. Ardent notes, visits to her lodgings, abrupt intrusions into her dressing room caused Actress Green anxious moments, finally brought Spit before the Stony Creek, Conn., police. Warned there and released, he worshipped from afar until the company returned to Manhattan, disbanded about seven months...