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Word: charmings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...with his customary charm he gives other than serious artistic justification for the compressed plays-"their brevity flatters my inability to sustain a long flight, and the inertia that barely permits me to write at all. And finally when I became a teacher, here was the length that could be compassed after the lights of the House were out and the sheaf of absurd French exercises indignantly marked with red crayon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Concentrated Extract | 1/7/1929 | See Source »

That there should be a deep bond of sympathy between brilliant Mme. Dupuy and gallant M. Coty, what with perfumes and charm, is not to be gaped at. Last week Paris was not agape, but agog with rumors of a combination of the journalistic interests of Dupuy and Coty in an enormous merger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Agog, Not Agape | 12/31/1928 | See Source »

...Walska has a high soprano of some flexibility and range. Her enunciation is something that the artistic world has long sighed for. She has grace and charm sufficient for half a dozen stars of the first magnitude. She is determined to attain the high goal she has set, regardless of vocal equipment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: In Binghamton, Walska | 12/17/1928 | See Source »

Shakyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was an Indian prince who lived in the sixth century B. C. At an early age his meditations led him to the conclusion that a life of renunciation and high thought was preferable to the delights of home and love. He regarded the charm of wealth and power as nothing but illusions, and left his father's palace in order to become a wandering ascetic. After many years of reclusion and concentrated thinking he began teaching his system of salvation which would deliver all living beings from sin and suffering. He taught that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BARON VON STAEL-HOLSTEIN DESCRIBES WIDE DIVERGENCY OF BUDDHIST SECTS | 12/13/1928 | See Source »

...character in the play. Her idea of DUTY is a strange mixture of hate for the invalid's wife, love for the invalid, horror of sexual irregularity. Of her, the mother says: "I cannot help feeling sorry for a girl who has so much virtue and so little charm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Dec. 3, 1928 | 12/3/1928 | See Source »

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