Word: clever
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...TIME being neglected for FORTUNE or LIFE? Do you need new blood-bright young men and clever young ladies who can write irresistibly of any subject? Or does too much advertising clutter up the reading matter until one is bogged down...
...late brother Richard provided. All the worker is bound to do is to give Mr. Weidlein a weekly report of progress. If a Mellon "research" ends profitably, the worker is apt to get a good job with the manufacturer who paid the bills. If the worker is also clever he can get the University of Pittsburgh to award him a doctorate on the strength of the research he performed at the Mellon Institute to earn his living...
Because he had written it expressly for the American Ballet, people took most interest in Stravinsky's The Card Party. Irene Sharaff's clever set represented a gaming table in perspective. Upon this table dancers costumed like cards appeared. While they were shuffled, the orchestra played a little processional. The choreography was strict and classical. Group dances, solos, finales showed the cards being played according to Hoyle. William Dollar, a slippery, mischievous Joker, upset calculations, spoiled the most promising hands, was routed finally by a Royal Flush. When the last strains of music had died away, the audience...
Penny Wise (by Jean Ferguson Black; Juliana Morgan, producer) belongs to a trivial and pleasant species of growth which, like grape hyacinth, hepatica and the dogtooth violet, crops up in southern New York State spring after spring. This particular specimen of a vernal theatrical perennial is concerned with the clever wife...
...critical audience. Although the plot of the film is weak, good acting and sparkling humor soon overcome this drawback. Loretta Young plays the part of an heiress who decides to throw some of the publicity which has been hounding her over to Tyronne Power, a clever and particularly offending reporter. With this as its basis, the picture proceeds to develop to a high level of comedy...