Word: affair
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...publicity on the whole affair has been unfortunate, in that it has caused personal suffering to two people, who if ordinary persons would have passed unnoticed by the international muckrackers. King Edward has conducted himself with more dignity than Baldwin, and, hoping to do his country a service, has resigned rather than make a really nasty issue of the situation...
...found in the line spoken by Ann Holt, bored daughter of the nouveauriche T. Roger Holt: "Damn a social system which produces rich fathers, smug mothers, droopy sons, and finished daughters." This of course is pretty sweeping; the Country Club set should feel thoroughly chagrined. But then the affair wanders back into comedy pure and romantic in fact these often charming and often rather bewildering oscillations between comedy and comment set the tone of "Life's a Villain." In the long run it's the plot that counts. The author in making the play probably began with the simple incident...
Much criticism has been levelled, against Stanley Baldwin for the speed with which he has forced the issue. By bringing the whole affair to a head in one week, he has left a distinctly bad taste in the mouth of the rest of the world. Why the King was not allowed to regulate his private life according to his own desires, is a point that has been overlooked, and Baldwin's action must convince the world that from now on English Kings are destined to be mere puppets--dolls to be put in the imperial showcase and then removed when...
Believing that the success of the Harvard-Yale-Princeton Conference increases in proportion to undergraduate interest in the affair, the CRIMSON, in planning this year's session, hoped to make as much provision as possible for participation on the part of the student body. The current opening of the presidencies of three round tables to members of the university not necessarily connected with the newspaper is the initial step in carrying out this policy...
Entertainment for the affair which will come under the auspices of the Union Committee, has not yet been definitely arranged, but it is known that the dining hall will be specially decorated, and the Committee is negotiating for a local orchestra to furnish music between 6 and 7 o'clock. They are also trying to procure several Freshman members of the Glee Club to sing Christmas songs...