Word: artfulness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...railway station, popped in by a side door, while His Majesty the King-Emperor arrived in his victoria with departing Guest Hitler. Il Duce. after seeing the Führer into his private train, dashed ahead in his own private train at a faster clip to Florence. There Art Lover Hitler browsed through the famed art museums and romantic palaces before boarding his train and chuffing off to Berlin...
...weekend tilts, Mitchell intends to use the lineup that started the season. Following the nearly disastrous Penn game when the Crimson infield made six boots in the field, the Varsity mentor has reverted to the former infield of Ulysses Lupien at first, Dave Shean on second, Art Johns at short, and Dick Grondah at third...
...novel receiving the award is cast in the same mold of undistinguishable mediocrity, harmless, until it is puffed up as a great American work of art. Herein lies the evil: the Pulitzer Committee by putting its stamp of approval on such flimsy material, sets a standard of mediocrity which is believed and accepted in the nation as the best. Their prizes throw an effective smoke screen over the strong efforts in American writing, permitting persevering incompetents and academic rhymesters to practice their lack of art in the spotlight of public approval. It is true that they stir up public interest...
...Mann's Magic Mountain, is now eclipsed by politically-minded fiction. Sharply reminiscent of such psychopathic fiction, but with an acuteness that raises it above mere imitativeness is Laughter in the Dark, first English translation of a Russian exile. The story tells of a respectable, middle-aged Berlin art dealer who deserts his family for a tart, reaches its climax of corruption when, after he is blinded, she carries on a silent affair under his nose with a degenerate cartoonist...
Dissatisfied with the infield that on Friday made six errors against Pennsylvania, Coach Fred Mitchell reverted to his earlier combination of Ulysses Lupien at first, Dave Shean on second, Art Johns at short, and Dick Grondahl in the hot corner. Led by Johns who figured in eight put-outs, the infield played errorless ball with interspersed displays of brilliancy...