Word: display
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Over Buenos Aires two of the original six planes had crashed, two flyers were killed (TIME, Mar. 7). The rest continued their triumphant way. This week the "Good Will" aviators were to fly leisurely to Washington to be there in time to take part in the "All-American Aircraft Display...
Ankles Preferred (Madge Bellamy). A progression of pretty models through a series of French negligee adventures affords an opportunity to display trim figures, latest styles, tricky subtitles. The title derives from the heroine's cynical observation that the villainous capitalist would possess her for her flesh rather than her soul which, by contrast, is what interests the hero...
...opinion that if you do not quit your infidelity display the good people will quit...
...manuscripts of "Mischmasch" and "The Rectory Umbrella" were written while Lewis Carroll was a student at Eton and Oxford. These also are on display...
...Maire's Affairs. There are those who deplore burlesque in favor of more subtle satire like Americana. Others love display, like Lucky. Some would prefer Le Maire's Affairs, full of crudely ridiculous skits, awkward clowning (by Charlotte Greenwood), amazing absurdities (by Lester Allen), pretty chorus girls, striking ensembles. Two numbers, the cameo dance and the minstrel drill are as pleasing to the eye as anything in town. The skits are funny-at times, definitely embarrassing; Ted Lewis' band jazzes well toward the end. After a few more presentations, the show will probably be corrected for tempo...