Word: characterized
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last May, a new type of Scout was created-to be chosen from "American citizens whose achievements in outdoor activity, exploration and worthwhile adventure are of such an exceptional character as to capture the imagination of boys. . . ." Eighteen men have been found worthy of this distinction which bears the title...
Thomas Johnston, who may be the President of the next government, is one of the great figures of the Dail, much as is "Tay Pay" O'Connor in the House of Commons. Able, quiet, indomitable, he is a seasoned parliamentarian. With hair almost white and grave, beetling brows, he...
His Beginning. At 26 he began as an actor of elderly character roles. Otto Brahm, Berlin impressario, offered the youth a bril liant opportunity to play in the German capital. When the time drew near for him to leave, Reinhardt regretted his acceptance, begged to be excused from the enticements...
In Manhattan, a scrawny little character scurried up Sixth Avenue, peering in a timid manner at elevated trains, passersby. On the lookout for anarchists about to bomb subway stations, Patrolman William Burns, wearing official trousers, civilian coat, as he returned to his 4 a. m. beat, gave chase. "Stop!" he...
William Demarest's fellow passengers become embodiments of elements in his character, and in human nature generally. The book is lifted above mere introspection by the commingling of these others in relations of their own-a frustrate music merchant; a tropical trollop; a ripe Jew; a psychic; a chess...