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Word: display (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...replaced the reputed terrorist Roberto Farinacci as Secretary General of the Fascist Party (TIME, April 12, 1926) ; and at that time Augusto Turati's policies were rated "conservative" and "conciliatory." His speech last week was instructive as an example of the pugnacity which even a "moderate" Fascist statesman must display...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Turati Rampant | 8/8/1927 | See Source »

...tobacco industry. For example, P. Lorillard & Co. at one time gave more attention to the promoting of chewing tobacco ("Beechnut") than to the exploiting of their cigaret brands "Murads," "Helmars," "Deities" and "Moguls." Last year they began making and advertising "Old Gold" cigarets; last week in large display advertisements they issued "A Word of Appreciation. . . . This message of thanks is offered by Lorillard as an expression of deep appreciation to the Cigaret Smokers, Dealers and Jobbers of this community for the friendly co-operation all three have given in helping to establish the new Lorillard Brand?OLD GOLD...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Cigarets | 8/1/1927 | See Source »

...British High Commissioner, an imposing structure built originally asr the Empress Augusta Victoria Hospice (hotel). The British, easygoing, have left unmolested a pair of astonishing mural paintings in the Chapel. One depicts God the Father. The other, directly opposite and much more imposing in composition, was painted to display in trailing Biblical robes of glory The All Highest, Wilhelm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Palestine Portents | 7/25/1927 | See Source »

...sparks and fires. Miss Hoyt's writing has the shine together with the unaccountability of planetary motion. Gayly arranging the paths of her spheres, she, like another metaphorical Manipulator of Constellations, makes no explanations. She rules out reasons and motives; indicates that her little galaxy is, like a display of fireworks, intended only for the spectators' diversion. The bright gyrations do not come under the laws of literary astronomy; she will light the rockets and the roman candles when she chooses. The reader may watch, ask no questions, be amused at the whiz, bang, sputter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Whiz, Bang, Sputter | 7/25/1927 | See Source »

...muddy Eastern front, they decide to quit the War, and, dressed as women, march off into dark Russia. Embarrassing complications ensue when they blunder into the feminine Battalion of Death and are ordered to strip. Vanity (Leatrice Joy, Charles Ray). A characteristic of De Mille productions is that all display must be super-grand. Is it a ball? The room spreads as vast as Grand Central Terminal. Is the heroine a social lioness? Her train covers as much ground as the hall rug. The plot substance, by compensation, is minute. In this instance, the heroine visits a onetime admirer aboard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Pictures: Jun. 27, 1927 | 6/27/1927 | See Source »

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