Word: charming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...which then became obvious had always existed, and always must exist. For it has its origin in diversities of temper, of understanding, and of interest, which are found in all societies, and which will be found till the human mind ceases to be drawn in opposite directions by the charm of habit, and by the charm of novelty. Not only in politics, but in literature, in art, in science, in surgery and mechanics, in navigation and agriculture, nay, even in mathematics, we find this distinction. Every where there is a class of men who cling with fondness to whatever...
...stanch supporter of the Indian National Congress party (for independence), he later became soul & body of the All-India Moslem League (for Moslems), of which he is permanent president. Tall, slim, aquiline of feature and grey of hair, an immaculate dresser, an adroit lawyer, reserved yet with plenty of charm behind the tap when he chooses to turn it on, he has the enthusiasm of a youngster at 63, and the air of a queen's courtier in law courts...
Last week Alec Templeton Time (NBC-Red) was the up-and-comer of the new 1939 radio shows. In two months it had won some 6,000,000 listeners. Blind, brilliant Alec Templeton's charm is no secret; his musical lampoons spare nobody, from his keyboard come chuckles for all. Once he put on an accent like Music Master Walter Damrosch's, piano-lectured theme by theme on Three Little Fishies. He embroiders five-note themes tossed up by audiences until they sound like Wagner. His Bach Goes to Town, a swing classic, is now part...
...found others in Haiti and Dutch Guiana. Readers of his best-selling Animal Treasure, an account of animal life in West Africa, know that Author Sanderson is no ordinary bug hunter. A distinguished scientist, a gifted artist (the animal illustrations in Caribbean Treasure are a part of its charm), Sanderson is considerably more entertaining about small animals and bugs than most writers are about lions and tigers...
...previously mentioned Miss O'Connell, we must admit, can't be judged objectively here. But in any band's land, she is good-looking, has lots of genuine personality and charm, and sings very well. We think that she is much better than that--in fact, we'd rank her right under Mildred Bailey, but we would be accused of prejudice. Point remains that here is the band that anyone of any taste can listen to and like, and that is something that Jimmy can not only be proud of, but from which he is going to make...