Word: darke
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Democratic Party. "In this dark hour of Republican misrule, marked by wiggling, wobbling, halting and hesitating, twisting and squirming, doubt and uncertainty, and with no fixed program or settled policy, the record made by the last Administration rises in a halo of brilliance...
...year. On the doors were placed placards which read: "This place closed for violation of the National Prohibition Act. By order of the United States District Court." Next night came another raid. The Piccadilly Rendezvous was closed. One Ralph Oyler, Federal Agent, predicted that Broadway would be "as dark as Tenth Ave." before the end of the Summer...
Broadway After Dark. Another Cinderella story. Here a man-about-town, world-weary as all men-about-town are in the cinema, dresses up a little boarding house slavey in the height of fashion and turns her loose his society friends. Author and director seem to have scamped their theme, which is the familiar one of clothes making the woman, for they give spectators no scenes in which to determine "what's wrong with this picture." They furnish a quite human and interesting turn to a hackneyed and rather melodramatic situation, providing Norma Shearer with her chance...
...evening, except that Governor Smith of New York, supported by the "wet" members of the convention, took the lead from Senator Underwood. On the third ballot, former Ambassador Davis was ahead, but after this the three principal candidates nullified each other's votes and it became evident that a dark horse would be the ultimate winner...
...concerned with Eatons will, the Demorcratic convention at the University will in all probability attract a great deal of attention in the world of national politics. The questions which have been tormenting party leaders for the last six months and graying the hair of managers of countless dark horses, favorite sons, and white hopes will be brought out into the open for a brief unofficial but illuminating airing...