Word: bows
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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President Leguia: 'T am disposed to bow to any decision of armed forces. . . . Now those who take over the power will see the bitter difficulties of government." General Manuel Maria Ponce took com mand of the revolutionary junta. President Leguia sent an intimate, con soling message to his three daughters dis mayed at Chosica, a resort 30 miles from Lima. His two sons and he entered a swift motor car, sped to Callao, boarded Peru's other cruiser, Almirante Gran, sailed for Panama, where he had prudently arranged passage for Europe on a commercial boat...
...develops that he is not the thief at all. He is just the insurance company's detective, sent to catch Miss MacKellar's husband who, in league with the marchesa, has been pilfering gems from the entire neighborhood. Helen MacKellar is the first star to make her bow with the new season. Pretty, blonde, possessed of a graciousness akin to that of Ina Claire, she does her best with the meagre opportunities Through The Night offer her. More impressive vehicles in which she has appeared include: Beyond The Horizon, Back Pay, A Good Bad Woman. Hot Rhythm. Producers...
...loans under the new Merchant Marine Act. A whistle tooted; Mrs. Hoover put down her roses, took a basketed bottle of spring water, cracked it smartly over the moving prow, exclaimed: "I christen thee Excalibur." Declared the first lady: "I got a real thrill when my hand touched the bow of that powerful vessel." Later in the week at Camp May Flather near Harrisonburg, Va. Mrs. Hoover broke an ivy rope, presented a 100-ft. rustic bridge across North river to the girl scouts (to whom she is "Buffalo...
...gentle Shakespeare' his idols, but truculence is his manner." Says Harris of himself: "I am a lover of books and men, who takes pleasure in the past by traveling and in the future by dreaming." Say caustic critics: his favorite recreation is drawing the long bow. He lives in a villa at Nice with his wife, has had no children...
...striped. And the vest has six buttons down the front. Gloves and spats are de rigeur with a stick and topper, you know. That turndown collar and four-in-hand tie are all right in a way but with a cutaway we should wear a wing collar and a bow tie. I hate to say it but I fear the vest is not quite smart. It should be cut quite low. If you wish to be informal, wear a sack suit but if you start out to be formal, you must go all the way. This costume simply...