Word: elementalism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Phillips Holmes displays once more that mixture of sensitiveness and craveness which were so appropriate to his part in "An American Tragedy." But in "The Man I Killed"his weak and baffled face is the worse element in an otherwise good picture...
...Irish-looking Prosecutor Kelley, though essentially fair in his tactics, dismissed ten whites from service. The final mottled jury, composed of three Chinese, a Hawaiian, a Portuguese, a German, a Dane and five Anglo-Saxons, was viewed as a triumph for Lawyer Darrow and the defense because its white element was preponderantly higher than the average population of Hawaii...
...caption "College Grafters" the Boston Herald yesterday editorialized on the charge of a fraternity publication that "almost every student office which handles money has grafters among its incumbents." Accepting the information of an admittedly informal survey as substantial, the Herald deplores the "nasty situation" and suggests that the offending element might well be eradicated by a strict policy of expulsion...
...swung his forces irrevocably into the opposition. The assurance that without his support in the North and East no candidate can carry a united party so necessary for election will weigh heavily in the plans of party managers. By an artful maneuver, Mr. Smith has injected the element of precariousness into a campaign which has hitherto proceeded with unusual orderliness; and he has measurably augmented the influence which he will enjoy in the final in the final choice of a party candidate...
...become the distinguishing habit of American tourists to gain their acquaintance with foreign countries from hasty glimpses of musty antiquities, illuminated by the omiscient Baedecker. Physical glories form a major attraction of European civilization, but with a leavening of the human element they produce only an incomplete and necessarily distorted conception in 'tourists' minds. Recognizing the need of bringing the traveller into contact with this other, more important aspect of European life the International Service has instituted its conferences. As an easy and effective way to bring together students of different lands, it not only promotes an illuminating fellowship between...