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Word: assets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Legion of Honor, the Belgian Order of the Crown and the Order of Polonia Restituta. Said Brother Maurice Goldblatt: "Naturally . . . we feel very fortunate in being able to get a man like General Parker. With his army training and his reputation as a leader he should prove a great asset to Goldblatt Brothers. The general will make his headquarters in our new State Street Store...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Personnel: Oct. 12, 1936 | 10/12/1936 | See Source »

These men are fast, have good ball control, team well, and, most important asset, possess quick accurate shots in front of the cage. With Captain Wood on one wing and Don Sleeper on the other they may provide a winning scoring punch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VARSITY, 1940 SOCCER TEAMS START SEASONS | 10/3/1936 | See Source »

...pretty U. S. nobody with a glorious voice who rises from obscurity to a triumphant debut at the Metropolitan. Since Soprano Marion Nevada Talley actually had such a career, it might be expected that her first picture would follow the same trite formula. Follow Your Heart's chief asset is that it does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Sep. 14, 1936 | 9/14/1936 | See Source »

...Milk was putting on the radio show. For his opening program from Hollywood, California's De Mille presented handsome Clark Gable and long-legged Marlene Dietrich, in a radio version of the six-year-old cinema Morocco. Miss Dietrich, whose voice is not her most celebrated asset, fascinated listeners with a mysterious whispered drawl. The Gable personality, currently one of the most popular at U. S. cinema boxoffices, registered more favorably n the air. Since then, on a talent budget whose maximum is said to be $15,000 a week, Lux has favored the listeners of the country with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Free Show | 8/31/1936 | See Source »

...earned his living for five years as cab driver, lifeguard, reporter, tile setter, office boy, bank clerk. Where an orderly schooling might have refined, this helter-skelter existence served to aggravate the amazing accent of an illiterate Hell's Kitchen ragamuffin which is now his principal financial asset. Stander's first important cinema role was in The Scoundrel (1935). His raucous, angry voice and guttersnipe demeanor stamped him immediately as a new and refreshing type, brought him a Hollywood contract. Since then We're in the Money, Page Miss Glory, If You Could Only Cook, Mr. Deeds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jul. 27, 1936 | 7/27/1936 | See Source »

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