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Word: entertainers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rubdown before his shower, chats happily with his trainer 30 seconds after being knocked down three times and finally counted out in the ring, and who looks as though he wore a size 13 collar. Other inaccuracies mark a picture which as a story seems too disjointed to entertain rustics and as reporting, too slipshod to amuse metropolites. Best shot: Two old men in a corner of a speakeasy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Mar. 18, 1929 | 3/18/1929 | See Source »

...famed "Reservation V"?considered by most Europeans and by nearly all South Americans as an unparalleled piece of arrogance. While agreeing that the U.S. should adhere to the Court, the Senate stipulated in "Reservation V" that thereafter the Court must not without the consent of the United States, entertain any request for an advisory opinion touching any dispute or question in which the United States has, or claims an interest. The expression "has or claims an interest" could easily be interpreted to cover any question under the sun, and both European and South American statesmen are never tired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WORLD COURT: Naturally | 3/18/1929 | See Source »

Underground (British Instructional Films, Ltd.) was written and directed by Anthony Asquith, 26, member of an English family which has already done much to entertain the U. S.* Few Asquiths, however, have used their wits as seriously as young Anthony in his account of a London subway guard who falls in love with what Britishers call a shopgirl. A plot, somewhat too complicated for strong drama, includes a rival lover who burns another girl to death against a high-tension switch, and a young wife who (married at last to her subway guard) rides around on the Underground just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Mar. 11, 1929 | 3/11/1929 | See Source »

...English tongue. But I know what I always think when I hear my speeches translated into the French tongue, which is that it is a matter of most agreeable surprise to think that I have lapsed into such unusual felicity [laughter]. If all my colleagues around this table entertain the same views that I do-and I believe they do-they will thank me for setting myself up as their mouthpiece and giving to our friend Mr. Camerlynck our warmest tribute of thanks and admiration." Turning to the little Professor whom he had thus made the hero of the moment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Camerlynck | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

...clock the University Instrumental Clubs, comprising 55 musicians, singers and specialty performers will embark from the North Station for Portland, Me., where they will present their annual concert. On the return trip, a stop will be made at Exeter, N. H., where the instrumental clubs will entertain the schoolboys with a short performance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INSTRUMENTAL CLUBS TRAVEL TO PORTLAND THIS AFTERNOON | 2/16/1929 | See Source »

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