Word: display
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...means certain that Franklin Roosevelt had not outsmarted the House. Correspondents had a shrewd suspicion that he had asked for more than he wanted, that, so doing, he had deliberately given the House a harmless chance to display independence and, if economy should backfire, to take the rap from constituents -all of which might make Congress more tractable later...
...Rome no interpreters were necessary since II Duce speaks fluent English. Premier Mussolini rushed forward and pump-handled his guest vigorously, then accompanied him to the palatial Villa Madama. Italian Foreign Minister Count Ciano warmly greeted Lord Halifax. There was nothing of the lavish display put on in Rome for Adolf Hitler's visits. Total cost of Mr. Chamberlain's three-day entertainment was only $5,000. But the Italian people, many of whom believe that it was the British statesman and not II Duce who kept them out of a war in September, gave Mr. Chamberlain...
Dear Octopus (by Dodie Smith; produced by John C. Wilson). In real life the English surround their country houses with high hedges, for privacy. But in the theatre, English country houses are always ostentatiously on display. Dear Octopus provides the latest sentimental exhibit, peopling the manorial hall with one of those varied but unvarying families who know what Britannia-and the more genteel theatre public-expect of them. Every item in the ritual is carefully observed...
Last week in Manhattan's Grand Central Palace was held the 34th annual National Motor Boat Show, No. 1 rendezvous for pleasure boatmen. On display were 150 boats ranging from a 5-ft., $20 play boat to a 53-ft., $31,000 motor yacht. But the boats that attracted most attention were the 30-to-40-ft., $3,000-to-$ 10,000 cruisers, comfortable enough for week-end sporting or water-gypsy travel...
Last week Grand Rapids cackled with delight as its 123rd semi-annual market opened. On display for the first time was a brand-new furniture style, designed to "perpetuate Grand Rapids' reputation as the furniture capital of America." Grand Rapids (of Kent County, Michigan) named it Kentwood...