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Word: choosey (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1928-1928
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Generously the great Actor-Manager Sacha Guitry provided for his choosey feminine patrons two Lindberghs-Voila! Also he entitled his piece Charles Lindbergh-A Heroic Melodrama. Finally, with the cunning of a master dramatist, he supplied love interest-without offending that large section of French womanhood to whom Le Colonel is attractive chiefly as a symbol of masculine chastity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Two Lindberghs | 12/3/1928 | See Source »

Astounding, the news of these shouts spurred the German press to put forth special edition after special edition. Almost proven was the cynical theory that all Germans, from Friedrich the Great down, have nurtured a suppressed desire to be understood and warmly approved by choosey Frenchmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany: Iron Gustav | 6/18/1928 | See Source »

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