Word: attractive
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...literature and the theatre, was equally adaptable to the cinema. The White Angel, another apple from the same branch, is not only a worthy but often a fascinating study of the past, reviving handsomely the glory of bygone days and deeds. A similar entertainment presented on the stage would attract encomiums not only from critics but also from teachers, doctors and philanthropists. On the screen it will fail to do so only be cause fashion deems it unsophisticated to credit Hollywood with sincerity...
...Webb. To start with they had the old State Fair grounds plus some 28 acres of condemned residential property, 200 acres in all. The old Fair Park stadium became the "Cotton Bowl," and the job of being bold enough to please the hearts of Texas' heroes, and to attract a profitable gate, began...
...priced spring season was one of the stipulations made by the wealthy Juilliard Musical Foundation when it helped to save the Metropolitan last year with its grant of $150,000 (TIME, March 18, 1935 et seq.). Advertised purpose was to provide opportunities for more young U. S. singers, to attract people who want to hear good opera but who have hitherto shied away from the formality and the high prices that prevail throughout the winter season. The first week was pronounced a definite success. Rehearsals were called for more productions: a revival of Gluck's Orpheus aiul Eurydice...
While following in general the plan of past years, this year's Red Book has made several innovations in detail. First to attract the reader's eye will be end leaves drawn by Art Chairman Irving Michelman, featuring such fixtures of Freshman life as Miss Hempel, Miss Murray, and Max Keezer...
...possible political repercussions, rather than the unethical and probably illegal aspects of the measure, which attract attention. Somewhat dormant recently, popular feeling and fears about recovery would be sufficiently whipped into a froth to reenforce Republican sentiment. The two proponents are, indeed, Republicans, but of the insurgent variety and they draw most of their support from the Democratic ranks. The real suggestibility of the measure, if it develops momentum, lies in what position Senator Borah might be forced to take, with his long record of favoring farmers and inflationists...