Word: ardor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Moody disconsolate, unnerved at Gardner's courtship, Selma thought of marriage as a trap set particularly for her, was sometimes swept off her feet by Gardner s ardor and exasperated by his arrogance At last he told her: "You mistake a morbid imagination ... for intellect...
...secret resentment at Camille's plans for remaking their house. While it was being done over they lived on the ninth floor of a Paris apartment, to which Alain soon found an excuse for bringing his pet. As the young couple began to quarrel, after the first ardor of their passion died, Camille grew to hate the cat, at last pushed it off the railing. Then she felt at peace, dressed herself fetchingly, waited for her husband's return. He came in carrying the cat, scarcely injured, soon discovered what had happened. When Camille and Alain finally separated...
...craftsmen. The young newcomers jolted Amalgamated's ineffectual old President Michael Francis Tighe out of his well-paid complacency by proposing to improve the steel worker's lot through an industry-wide strike. William Green rushed to Mike Tighe's side, helped him squelch this militant ardor, with the result that most of the newcomers quit the union in despair or disgust...
...with him when the guide deserts her for the second time. The trip, replete with fluffy comedy, engenders love and such songs as Rose Marie and Indian Love Call, whose charm twelve years of plugging have not impaired. Though Bruce's capture of her brother temporarily dampens their ardor, her adroit manager (Reginald Owen) brings them together for one last meaningful duet. Good shot: Gilda Gray, celebrated a decade ago for her extraordinary hip movements, showing cafe patrons what made her famed. Professional Soldier (Twentieth Century-Fox). An ex-colonel of Marines (Victor McLaglen) kidnaps a Balkan...
...national elections of 1936 (TIME, Oct. 14). Last week Republicans were snapping the ball around, barking signals, racing up & down the field in great style. The fact that their Democratic opponents were still loafing in the locker room in no way diminished the scope or ardor of the GOP's attack...