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There were 20 persons whose names have been prominent during the last year to be identified in the first part of the three-hour examination. Then followed 40 questions requiring one-word answers, and lastly, three essays to be chosen from a list of twelve topics. Issues in the Chine-Japanese conflict, the Administration's program for alleviating the depression, and Democratic presidential possibilities were the most popular topics for essays. Only two men knew Gigli is a tenor...
Matisse's charm lies chiefly in the skill with which he achieves the freshness of a sketch in his finished paintings. This fact is clearly brought home to the spectator as he looks at the "Tate de Femme" hung over the charcoal drawing of "La Vase de Chine" in this exhibit...
...itself of Columbia Phonograph Co., probably by sale to some cinema company, to be able to merge with Gramophone. Negotiations for a Gramophone-Graphophone merger were begun in 1929, reputedly under the direction of Morgan Partner Thomas Cochran, but Radio Corp.'s ownership of Victor Talking Ma-chine make it desirable for the English Columbia Graphophone to get rid of its U. S. Columbia Phonograph lest the indirect consolidation of Columbia Phonograph with Victor Talking Machine arouse U. S. anti-trust action...
...still Foxcroft's academic headmistress. Miss Charlotte's role was that of organizer, executive and setter of the school's atmosphere, director of its purpose. She put her girls into corduroy uniforms?dark green coats, tan skirts, white shirtwaists. In the evening Fox croft girls wear white crepe de chine, all alike, no chance for rich little girls to show...
Some said?Hooverism came amazingly close to upsetting a powerful local ma-chine ; it was a praiseworthy attempt in the face of almost certain defeat; it was a defeat, not at the hands of Favorite Son Watson alone, but of all other G. O. P. Candidates combined, "The Allies" as they are called, including sly-dog Dawes, Coolidge-anyway and Uninstruction...