Word: assets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Gambler, The Nun, And The Radio," which appeared in Scribner's Magazine last spring, is an asset to this collection. It commences in a mad vein but turns rapidly into a dud when the author gets the inspiration toward the end to take several of the characters seriously. This lapse, however, is excusable. Gaetano, the gambler, is an unusual character; Sister Cecilia is the practical nun who prays for Notre Dame in the big game. There is no plot, there are few situations; its virtues may only be ascribed to Mr. Hemingway's consummate technique of making something from nothing...
...part with enough enthusiasm to be amusing. Would be prognosticators of screen stars should take all interest in Elizabeth Allen: also is attractive, acts with little effort and speaks her lines with assurance so that the words are audible and pronounced correctly. This latter quality is a definite asset. The supporting cast is excellent, especially Mary Roland who is as boisterous as a banker's wife should...
...fall was accustomed to give Hoover's unimportant speeches five-column headlines and deliberately under-rate one of Roosevelt's key messages, now tucks away in an unimportant position, accusations of some merit against the administration coming from Representative Bnell (R.) Undoubtedly the President has realized what a tremendous asset the press can be and has organized and directed his publicity better than any man who ever occupied the White House. Four years ago newspapers, which must necessarily survive on the number of complaints they make about the administration, and any signs of public corruption and inefficiency, would and resented...
This summer board has been reduced in the Union from $9 to $8 a week. Admittedly a central dining hall is a social asset and a convenience, vital to Summer School but it would serve its purpose better if there were fewer complaints about the food. One who has eaten in the Union or the House Dining Halls during the college year notices a distinct change for the worse. In the summer, it is a task to please the palate of everyone. The difficulty is not the food, or the quality, but the lack of variety and the tasteless...
...over to the jury. Before he had them locked up he drew protests from the defense by declaring "One of the interesting things in this case is that we have been in a corporate fairyland, and you never could tell when around the corner you might meet an appreciated asset or an ingeniously contrived surplus...