Word: cousinly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Manhattan to see about business matters before going to Taos, N. Mex., Mrs. David Herbert Lawrence, German relict of the British writer, cousin of the late great German War Ace Manfred von Richthofen, said: "We were together for 18 years. I was a married woman of 32 and had three children when we met. And he was 26. He had no money, and my family cut me off. Such courage he had! . . . You would know he was unusual, just by seeing him in a crowd." Concerning John Middleton Murry, whose biography of Lawrence recently appeared (TIME, May 4), she cried...
...Elizabeth's" English eye, naturally optimistic, has been trained by feminine intelligence and living long abroad to take a somewhat sly slant at human beings, even the English variety. At her best moments she reminds you of her late great cousin Katherine Mansfield; at her worst of any Girl Scout burbling beatitudinously. General average: good...
...semi-symbolism date him definitely as of their time. For his simplicity and haziness of detail there is further explanation. He has delved deep into occult literature, emerged with a great faith in the Simple Things of Life. Last week a fellow-believer, the Grand Duke Alexander of Russia, cousin of the late Tsar Nicholas, dropped into the exhibition and interrupted Artist Dabo's explanation of his works for an involved discussion of these Simple Things...
...bawdiness, with a father who rarely knew where she was or what she was doing, only Claudine's sturdy female common sense kept her out of serious scrapes. As it was, she had some minor adventures which a mother would have deprecated. When Claudine met her cousin Marcel she thought he was beautiful but girlish, soon discovered she was absolutely right. Her old schoolmate and adorer Luce turned up in Paris, living in the lap of sinful luxury. When Claudine visited Luce's apartment she was first impressed, then disgusted. She discovered the reason why young girls...
Jefferson Seligman is 72. He often brings flowers to the office and gives them to the other men who form the partnership of J. & W. Seligman & Co., the firm which his father and seven uncles founded 68 years ago. More serious minded than his fun-fond cousin is Henry Seligman, 74, whose son, Walter, 36, represents the third generation of the partnership. The principal partner, the Sage of Seligman, is Frederick Strauss, 70, a deeply cultured, aristocratic financier. He loves poetry and quotes it easily. Under the Strauss prestige, Seligman & Co. has gone about its business quietly, politely...