Word: appears
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...until he found a massive chair heavy with carvings and bright red plush into which the king of Egypt would decorously fit. The democratic, glass-walled Council Chamber of the Secretariat was made into a temporary throne-room, memoranda of etiquette were issued to the press, warning them to appear in sombre and respectful clothes. Wives of League officials were cautioned against offending Moslem sensibilities with bare arms, short skirts...
...sound device. Plumber Jack Mulhall is proud of being a plumber; his theatrical personality is thrust on him by the imaginative girls he meets at Bradley Beach. Best shot: Mulhall showing he is an actor by reciting "The Shooting of Dan McGrew." The Wheel of Life (Paramount). To appear in this film Richard Dix, usually properly shaved, grew one of those brief mustaches which indicate to the cinema public that its wearer is a British officer. While he is buying her something to eat in the delicatessen next door, a veiled young woman in evening dress runs away from...
...Julius Seligson of Lehigh University, 1928 titleholder, was defaulted when he failed to appear for his semi-final match. His unaccepted explanation: he thought it was raining. †First year of competition...
...parallel would be if elegant Editor Frank Crowninshield of Vanity Fair should suddenly appear as a vegetable-eating, hairy-chested Nudist. An acknowledged leader of Parisian society, always (heretofore) impeccably dressed, great-grandson of Chevalier de Groiseillez? who was a noble governor of Flanders, Andre de Fouquieres shares with silk- stocked Berry Wall and wasp-waisted Marquis Boni de Castellane the title of Last of the Dandies...
When Rico was feted by the gang, Joe failed to appear. Joe was the svelte "inside man" of the roadhouse job. Now he had acquired a woman, money, a professional dancing job. He wanted to forget Rico, go straight. Rico believed that to go straight was to go soft, maybe to squawk. He invited Joe to join a second holdup. By refusing, Joe knew he would sign his own death-sentence. By accepting, he strengthened a valuable connection...