Word: distrait
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Greeted on his arrival by the entire Faculty and a committee of debutantes, Dr. Huey's distrait air caused a sensation, and in the scramble many people were injured. The error was soon discovered, and balked of his future on the gridiron, the venerable Doctor matriculated in the College and after engaging rooms at 14 Plympton Street, entered upon the intricacies of acquiring a Western education...
Meanwhile Eleutherios Venizelos lay, broken and distrait, in a Paris clinic, far from his old sage self. He complained: "Italy let me down. If Italy had not prevented my friend, General Nicholas Plastiras, from joining me, I might today be master of Greece." Speculative this statement was, but fact it was that had Italy not given Venizelos timely sanctuary, he would now be in a position similar to that of the two silent generals...
Claire Dodd has had a distrait career. Born in Iowa, she has lived in Arizona, Arkansas, Montana, California and New York. She wants to go to Europe but she cannot, since she has lost her birth certificate which she needs for her passport and does not know in what town she was born. In Los Angeles, she lives at El Royale Apartments facing the Wiltshire Golf Course. She does not play golf. Her major hobby is deep sea fishing. She has never caught a fish or even had a strike. She has few friends in the cinema industry. Most...
...paper increases and a reputation is ruined once an issue. Then one day Mr. Bancroft learns that his wife, who is dearer than life itself, is in love with the successful banker. Clive Brook. The managing editor goes to his wife to verify the story with blood shot eyes, distrait hair, and a wild look. One gathers that it is an ordeal for Mr. Bancroft. The next shot shows him dictating the story to his stenographer in a heavy, toneless voice. That good man is greatly put out as his superior tells of the duplicity of the wife, the ugly...