Word: considerable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Next comes the most interesting part of his library for the man who aspires to become a serious collector. There is always some one author or subject in which he becomes keenly interested individually; as the classics, poetry, or the theatre. Consider the man interested in the theatre. He can...
One other reason why few men from liberal arts colleges go into the production field is contained in a letter received from one of the large steel companies: "We have no objection to the liberal arts college man. He has an education and training that will make him valuable to...
Your reviewer also says, "Author Sassoon is not only an able fox-huntsman. . . ." There is no such word as "fox-huntsman." Webster might consider that anyone who hunts is a huntsman, but if our contributors on equine matters used the word loosely in The Alain Liner, we should receive letters...
"I am the first wage earner to occupy the post of Chairman of the Conservative Council," boasted "Old Gwilym" afterwards. "And I consider this fact an indication of the democratic tendency of the Conservative Party nowadays.
Hearts in Dixie. First of several Negro cinemas scheduled for imminent release, this picture has only one white actor in its cast-Richard Carlyle, who plays a doctor. Spirituals, nicely sung, occur, as advertised, 30 times in the hour and ten minutes Hearts in Dixie takes to run. The voodoo...