Word: clever
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...lieutenant, Goebbels, is not a happy prophesy of the future peace of the world if the movement succeeds. The leaders of the Hitler movement are represented as demagogues and opportunists whose inspiration is not patriotism but a mere thirst for power. Hitler himself is depicted as shrewd and clever. He has discovered the power which he possesses of swaying the masses by his eloquence and through this quality makes his appeal to emotion and not to reason. A worshipper of Napoleon, and an imitator of Mussolini, Hitler lacks the brilliance and strength of character to be either...
...most entertaining travelogue that the Playgoer has ever soon. The photography alone would recommend it highly, but this is only part. Mr. Fairbanks' running-fire comment, through starting out somewhat in the Graham McNamee vein, grows better and better as time goes by. Above all, there is an incredibly clever continuity to make a smoothly-flowing film out of disconnected scenes. Mr. Fairbanks is never at a loss to provide transitions: one moment he commands a gigantic map to appear on the floor, so that he can stride about, with one foot in Tibet and another in Hong Kong, pointing...
...natives of the Dutch East Indian island of Bali are lazy, rich, amenable, clever. Their soil is so fertile that they can raise three crops a year with almost no effort. They divide their spare time between the practice of the arts (music, dancing, sculpture) and the practice of eccentric rites, such as building wooden statues to serve as decoys for devils. Balinese music influenced Debussy. Balinese dancers inspired that able U. S. dancer, Ruth Page (TIME, Nov. 25, 1929). Even before Hickman Powell's travel book, The Last Paradise, Bali was on its way toward becoming the latest...
...Among clever Fishback advertisements was one which poked a not-too-gentle finger at rival Saks Fifth Avenue which gladly carries charge accounts. Right across the Avenue from Saks was a wooden fence, hiding Radio City's excavation. On it Miss Fishback saw the familiar slogan: "POST NO BILLS." Out of her observation came an advertisement headed "Macy Propaganda invades Fifth Avenue." A cartoon made the scene of the invasion unmistakable...
...Most interesting society woman; fearful tantrums; Plaza incident: Mr. _____ and sweetheart at one door, Mrs. ______ and sweetheart at another; clever chauffeur...