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Word: dieses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Junk. Guffaws, not intended by the author, greeted this confection; Playwright Edwin Self is advertising manager for the Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Co., Dayton, Ohio. All praise to Dayton had he written a play, but has he? Junkman Ernest John (corpulent Sydney Greenstreet) has informal chats with God; radiates sunshine; feels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Jan. 17, 1927 | 1/17/1927 | See Source »

Arthur Brisbane, potent Hearstling, philosophized: "Fortunate is he who dies at the right time. Had Umbles lost his life saving the five, he would be enrolled among heroes. Instead, he will be listed among murderers. . . ."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: John Umbles | 1/3/1927 | See Source »

The Great Adventure. Reginald Pole a Western actor, revives Arnold Bennett's play full of infinitesimal subtleties for the infinite satisfaction of folk who like Arnold Bennett on the stage. An artist who would be known to the world by his work only, changes places with his valet. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Jan. 3, 1927 | 1/3/1927 | See Source »

The effects of rabies are the same in animals or humans, making proper allowance for the beast's normal way of expressing itself. The first usual symptom in a dog is its abnormal affection. It feels something is wrong and tries to tell its master. It is restless, easily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Rabies | 12/27/1926 | See Source »

CREWE TRAIN-Rose Macaulay -Boni & Liveright ($2). The title simply means, from a British catchphrase, "wrong train." Denham Dobie, daughter of a peace-loving British cleric, grows up barefoot in a remote Spanish hamlet with a native stepmother and half-breed half-sisters. Her father dies. Her aunt, the Elinor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fiction: Dec. 6, 1926 | 12/6/1926 | See Source »

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