Word: born
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...crazy," as paving the way for "a Socialist Government to ruin the profitability of British Industry." Writing in the London Times, Economist John Maynard Keynes said: "It is like a tax on twins whose names are in the first half of the telephone book and happen to be born...
Jean de Botton was born in Royan 37 years ago, of a French father, an English mother. His parents tried to make him a diplomat but Jean, already a worshiper of Tintoretto, Mantegna and El Greco, stood them off, earned a living doing posters and sketches of furniture. He first won general notice in 1927 with Nu an trois-mâts (nude and three-masted ship). Of another picture, Léda, a critic said that it delivered the kick in the stomach characteristic of genius. De Botton's portrait of Author Jules Remains (Men of Good Will...
...Angeles Federal jury convicted Mrs. Violet Wells Norton of fraudulently demanding money from Cinemactor Clark Gable on the ground that he as "Frank Billings" was the father of her illegitimate daughter Gwendoline born in England in 1923. Wrote Mrs. Norton to Gable last March: "You and I understand each other. We could have a swell time...
While the solution of present day problems cannot be referred to constitutional giants long dead, a searching analysis of the intentions of the framers might weaken the confidence of those who favor so gaily "change by usurpation". Any intelligent discussion of the constitution can help to discredit deceptive interpretations born of extravagant claims sired in partisan debate...
...born in Hamburg, the son of a double-bass player in the city orchestra. In his early years he was known as a piano virtuoso. At twenty he was slim, stooped, with fair hair and flashing blue eyes; among strangers he acted as shy, as embarrassed, as deferential as Charles Butterworth. His musical idols were Bach and Beethoven, and his weighty style bore traces of both...