Word: catchings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...short space of an hour and a quarter there is, of course, no attempt made to catch the continuity or the integrity of the speeches. But every major address is represented by an excerpt and the scraps are in general judiciously chosen. The flavor of each man's remarks is fairly well indicated. The diverting little skirmish between the President of the University and the Governor of the Commonwealth, though not reproduced with all its spice, is indeed there. Mr. Curley is not shown thrusting out his pugnacious jaw, but Mr. Conant is happily depicted connecting with...
...after a week or so with the Budget I'm going to get some sleep, and, because I can really sleep on a boat, I'm going on a boat to the Caribbean, and I'm going to lie in the sun and sleep, and perhaps catch a fish on the side. I'll get back to Washington toward Christmas time. While Congress is getting ready to convene I'll be using the joyous Christmas season to prepare gifts for the new Congress...
...phone to issue a blustering manifesto: "Courage! Our victory is certain. My mission is to defend Madrid at all costs. You must give up your lives before yielding another inch of ground!" Meanwhile Madrid syndicalist newspapers excitedly explained the Government's flight. If the Whites were able to catch and imprison its members, they argued, then foreign powers would have no choice but to recognize Generalissimo Franco as actual head of the Spanish State. Only this consideration, the journals exclaimed, could overcome the Cabinet's reluctance to abandon the capital, move to safety...
Hauling out the other Grecian mask, the University gives "Godfrey" a very gium companion by the name of "A Son Comes Home." It is mildly interesting to see Wallace Ford, a reporter, catch the villain of the piece, after having summed up the case as a matter of writing to every port in the country and saying. "If you see a man, stop him." It is also interesting to see that Mary Boland is a highly talented tragedienne, and she it is who puts the pathos in a mother's sacrificing her wicked son. But somehow one can't help...
...Kieran [TIME, Oct. 26] set out to circumnavigate the globe for The New York Times and the North American Newspaper Alliance, using only those means of transportation available to ordinary tourists. He timed his start so as to reach Manila to catch the first West to East passenger flight of the Pan-American Clipper service. Mr. Kieran did not fly the South China Sea in a special plane as did Mr. Ekins, nor did he fly the Pacific as a member of the crew before the line was opened for passenger service...