Word: blendings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...corner stood Otto H. Kahn, international banker-a suave, stocky, domineering head by Sculptor Jo Davidson ; near him, in the twilight, H. P. Davison, a banker no less famed, gazed with measured glance out of the paint of Sir William Orpen. For its economy of drawing, its matchlessly skilful blend of rich sombre hues, this portrait was undoubtedly the masterpiece of the exhibition. Sir William was also represented by his portrait of Mr. Goadby Loew, a lean, commanding gentleman folding wiry arms over a double-breasted blue waistcoat. There too was Anna Pavlowa by Malvina Hoffman; almost too slinky...
These various tendencies blend together and produce a peculiar inconsistency of temper which both invites and repels European missionaries, whether political or religious. The low caste Hindu, now for the first time awake to his own worth, finds in Christianity a promise of social equality and a religious solace denied him by Hinduism. From this point of view the moment seems opportune for the spread of Christianity. But this is only half the story. The forces of nationalism, reinforced by the tide of reaction against European culture which has swept over the Orient since the World War warn the Westerner...
...Girl. If you are one of the agreeable nomads who blend with the hurrying theatre crowds only occasionally, this play may seem acceptable. It is a musical essay on the trials of Prohibition. The fact that a good many of the lines are frayed with age will not depress you. Yet, if you are a suspicious theatregoer from the midst of the metropolis where a good joke is an old joke in a week, you are cautioned quietly against...
MINICK?American and mordantly middle-class narrative to the effect that old folks and young won't blend...
...review had been headed: "Artists and Models Found to Feature Suggestiveness?Revue at Poli's Called Blend of Old-Time Burlesque and Vaudeville, with Vulgarity and Coarseness Striking Numbers." The review had admitted there were lovely, even exquisite, scenes, but had said that the show wound up "with dirt behind the ears." Other Washington critics had agreed that the show was somewhat off-color, but only Editor Daly had said: "Evidently everything has to be tainted to get in Artists and Models...