Word: causticity
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Thomas Craven, 45, is a red-haired Kansan capable of tornadoes of indignation on the subject of art. When he published Men of Art the entire U. S. art world paid respectful attention to his caustic evaluation of painters from Giotto to Rivera (TIME, April 27, 1931). Last week it had occasion to heed him again when he published his long-awaited sequel Modern Art.* Critic Craven's second book, like his first, is a series of brilliant biographies ornamenting his chief theme: true art should be representational and born of a passion to interpret life. Such a standard...
...frothy. What touched it off was a 3?-per-lb. tax on nearly all imported vegetable and fish oils in the pending revenue bill at Washington, a tax originally aimed by U. S. farmers at Philippine coconut oil. No matter how scented & savory, most soap is basically fat and caustic soda.† The trade paper Soap estimates that U. S. soap makers last year used 1,500,000,000 lb. of fats, of which two-thirds came from beyond the seas. At present prices the 3? tax amounts on the average to a 100% ad valorem levy. All soap makers...
What, incidentally, is China's reaction? The press, the public, and portions of the government become more and more hysterically caustic in their opinions. But in the Foreign Office, a marmoreal calm apparently prevails. Mr. Wang ChingWei, the Foreign Minister, assures the Legislative Yuan that the Chinese government is paying no attention to Japan's recent statements. On second thought, Mr. Wodehouse seems to have more reason to fear the Chinese threat rather than his Japanese rival. CONFUCIUS...
...breakfast and I get so darn mad I can't digest my food and my day is spoiled. I read the Daily News before dinner and I get so darn mad I can't digest my food and my evening is spoiled. I spend my nights composing caustic letters to the editors which are never sent and I don't get my sleep. There must be a paper somewhere that has a good word to say for the President and the efforts he is making. I can hear plenty of it around here, but I want...
...letter mentions John Charles Thomas, who is under my management and refers with caustic criticism to his recent disappointment of an audience, I feel called upon to enlighten the writer of that letter as to the circumstances under which such disappointments occur...