Word: contrasting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...contrast to this political diagram for a European superState, the appeal of the Anglo-French formula (now being bruited by diplomatists and pundits in all European capitals-even in Berlin through secret emissaries) is that it envisions a mainly economic European union...
...contrast common stockholders (the management sold its employes 64% of its own stock) got 719,926 snares of new common and a promise of a $1 "catchup" dividend, if earned. Their total original investment was about...
...dreary epic of old-age and the theatre, is one of the grim and gory type,--and also really good. Michel Simon, sans his "Port of Shadows" barbe, turns in a superb performance. He screams and slobbers through the plot with remarkable gusto. The contrast of these two of his latest parts is really astonishing. As a sop to the earthy aesthetics of the masses, there is also a quite delectable blonde named Maleleine Ozeray who plays a quite unorthodox feminine lead to an antiquated lecher of the stage played by Louis Jouvet. The cast, as a whole, really carries...
...excuse. Browder has been indicted but has not been convicted, and it is still American doctrine that a man is innocent until proved guilty. The reverse assumption is as alien to basic American concepts as the wanton attack on the participants in the Foster meeting. The most refreshing contrast to this Cambridge ban is the editorial criticism levelled by the Harvard Crimson against the university authorities. What the Communists say these days will probably win them few converts. But the kind of intolerance to which Harvard has given academic sanction can develop into something ugly and uncontrollable...
...Lahr, in contrast to most comedians, finds that the movies handicap him in no way. To replace the absence of personal contact with an audience, each scene is shot several times. Each take requires a different interpretation by the comedian, and the best of these is selected for release by the cutter. Although the hours are long and the work hard, Lahr has enjoyed his work in motion pictures--especially the part of the cowardly lion in the "Wizard...