Word: brilliants
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...painter is acknowledged as one of the country's most brilliant. After his graduation he studied here and at Paris; early in his career he was an exhibitor at the leading seasonal art shows; and in 1919 he was commissioned to paint pictures of war celebrities...
Ladies who in the past have presided over brilliant salons are Mme. du Barry, Mme. de Staël and the author of this book. The salon was fast becoming a lost art when Mrs. Draper staged her revival, substituted garish Bohemian cushions for frail gilt chairs, substituted brusque moderns for précieux. In "memories of a world that has passed" she reconstructs her London music room; then peoples it with musicians-Thibaud, Rubinstein, Ysaye-and with listeners- James, Sargent, Norman Douglas. Of each she makes a shrewd, if flattering, portrait. Of Henry James she threatens to write...
...Myron C. Taylor was given last week credit for finishing what the late great John Pierpont Morgan began. Mr. "Taylor, brilliant chairman of the finance committee of U. S. Steel, announced that, at their annual meeting on April 15, stockholders would be asked to approve an increase in authorized common stock from some 7,500,000 to 12,500,000, thereby potentially capitalizing the company at $1,250,000,000. From new stock to be issued at terms to be fixed, cash will be received to redeem all the bonds of the parent company. Thus Steel common becomes "as good...
...regime has begun. The brilliant banners that waved along the Avenue are already forgotten in the dark cellars along with the other relics of the inauguration. The visitors have departed, for now the overture is ended and the citizenry settles down to watch the drama proper. The optical nerves of the nation, the newspapers, have sent their outstanding reporters to the scene; foreign governments watch the proceedings through the eyes of discerning diplomats, while the unemployed cultivate westernisms as they hopefully peep through the presidential windows...
Captain F. A. Clark '29, who can be counted upon for at least six goals, is expected to star in the game Captain Clark has had such a brilliant record, during this season, that his handicap has been raised from six goals to seven...