Word: charming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...great interest, your excellent write-up of the Bestimmungsmensuren held at Heidelberg (TIME, May 1). The cause of my more than ordinary interest was a privilege granted in 1928 when I was staying in Breisach. a little town of 500 inhabitants located about 18 km. from Freiburg. Ah! the charm of that little town. How rudely it was disturbed during the Fruehschoppen -the student drinking bouts which lasted from early morn till evening. Like many college students, proud of their ability in classroom foreign languages, a few were anxious to show their knowledge of English in conversing with...
LONG LOST FATHER-G. B. Stern- Knopf ($2). Carl Bellairs, manager but far from owner of the recherche Tipstaff Restaurant in London, was exceedingly good at his job. His personal charm (he was a gentleman, and moved in fairly high society) was partly accountable; his knowledgeable nose for details did the rest. Twice a week, for instance, he had his waiters' finger nails manicured; every night before dinner he held a hand inspection. Superb cook in his own right, he was always inventing new dishes; his knowledge of wines was exact, exacting. His hobby was "romance." On account...
...vast hoards of gold in the deep cellars of the Bank of France, the French Government has a budget deficit to hold its own with any in the world, and must raise 5,000,000,000 francs by July 1. Another internal loan would be a risky business. To charm the francs from Jean Frenchman's famed sock to float the last one, the Government was forced to offer 4½ bonds at 98½ with the costly promise to redeem at 150. France therefore gets the money she needs from Britain, and at nearly half the interest rates...
...tempted to suggest that the two humorous undergraduate publications look to their laurels. Youth has been quick to appraise and to emulate the form if not the substance of the diversion common to distraught journalists, hapless explorers, and brilliant financiers. To the hoax it has brought the charm of unflagging devotion and ingenuous extravaganza; but in maturity there remains ever that godlike leaven of simplicity which is the preface to credibility...
...upper lip and speaks, in a dry tone, with perfect diction. Chevalier's picture emphasizes the good effects of dissipation; the lesson in the Arliss cinema is about the advantages of sobriety and the respect which children owe their elders. The Working Man, like most Arliss vehicles. has charm as well as respectability; if Mr. Arliss is too definitely of the old school. Bette Davis is certainly of a different school. Good shot: the last one, of Arliss' toes, placed on the gunwale of his fishing boat, while he regards them with tired satisfaction...