Word: briefness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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After teaching English for several years at Northwestern, where they are still talking about the excitement occasioned by the incidents of his departure, he took up his post as instructor and lecturer here. During a brief period of editing the "Harvard Graduates' Magazine" he stirred up animated controversy which resulted in his resignation...
That Coach Bible does no newspaper writing is perhaps as well for all concerned. A sample of his Delphic style is his pronouncement in the Nebraska Alumnus: "In brief, Nebraska stands to win every game on its schedule and on the other hand the Cornhuskers stand to lose each contest...
Sylvia Sidney does well as the girl-whose brief fling in a world of muscles and cold showers makes her long for a little bad ventilation. And Ernest Cosart is an exceptionally pleasant butler...
...pleasant memory to the next, omissions are less important than they would be in a straight autobiography. But the references to Yvonne Printemps, his wife and co-star from 1919 to 1932, are surprisingly sparse, limited to a passing remark that Sarah Bernhardt witnessed their wedding and a brief account of their U. S. triumph. He says nothing of their divorce last year, of his triumph with his new leading lady-lovely, dark-haired Jacqueline Delubac, now the third Madame Sacha Guitry...
...cadets exhibit fellowship, loyalty, and navy spirit at all times. the effect of the picture is in general to reassure timid souls that the U. S. navy watches over them night and day and that the world is still safe for love and sentiment. Nevertheless, Ms. Bel Scott's brief appearance on the stage is ample compensation even for "Shipmates Forever...