Word: artfulness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Centered around the well-known theme of two spies of opposing governments who play the game of art and romance with passionate dexterity, the story avoids the pitfall of complicated actions and swings along easily from its melodramatic beginning to its gripping...
Lobster or steak dinner, dancing under thousands of Japanese lanterns, the music of Art Shaw's famous band, and the songs and beauty of lovely Dorothy Rowe, talented young M.G.M. singer, are the features offered by Adams House Friday evening at its annual spring dance...
With the boom of the fireworks still in their ears, an art squabble that has been busying the Washington press for several weeks suddenly made Washington realize that last week's Cherry Blossom Festival might be the last for many years to come. To honor the memory of First Democrat Thomas Jefferson (in the words of the Republican Washington Post): "A terrain world famous for its beauty would become a replica of a western mining camp. A decade would scarcely suffice to restore its present charm." Back of the battle over Washington's Tidal Basin stands the amiable...
Twice gassed and wounded, he was given vocational training by the Veterans Bureau after the War, trying successively art, salesmanship, photography, journalism. On the Omaha World-Herald, his dark skin, long, sharp nose, thinning hair and bespectacled seriousness earned him the nickname "Gandhi...
...butcher's and baker's grew narrower, Alec's creative flow dried up to nearly nothing. As household chores became major problems, his and Kate's intercourse became a continuous quarrel. At last he threw up the dry sponge, gave up his thankless Art, took them all home to find a more comfortable way to live...