Word: exhibiting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Mexicana (produced by the Republic of Mexico as a sideline to its World's Fair exhibit) is a folk revue splashed with gay, gaudy color. It is occasionally delightful, often picturesque. But its endless dances and operatic scenes grow monotonous, its showmanship is not sharp enough for Broadway...
...fell for Whalen sales talk. Typical of the gamble exhibitors are taking, General Motors reputedly put $5,000,000 into its building. Since G. M. will sell nothing on the premises, it is investing only in advertising and goodwill. Whether this huge expenditure (plus the cost of operating the exhibit) will pan out is General Motors' worry. Grover Whalen sold it to them. The same may be said for many another individual display. Several industries, such as railroads, glass,* aviation, utilities and petroleum, recognizing the fact, got together on cooperative exhibits where the heavy cost is split and individual...
...cause trouble and, according to an article in this week's Nation, was quietly squelched by its professed friends after Grover Whalen had promised it a site-an incident that aroused bitter resentment in many a Manhattan liberal. When the art world frothed because there was no art exhibit at the fair (the original argument was that all art shown would be a functional part of the exhibits), President Whalen gracefully gave in, arranged a substantial gallery. There have been complaints of discrimination against Negroes, Civil Service men and veterans. And there have been the customary charges of graft...
Three of Harvard's famed athletic trophies have been loaned by the H. A. A. to be placed on exhibit at the New York World's Fair this summer. The trophies are the Adams Cup, the West Point Trophy, and the Wendell Baker Shoe...
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. last week announced that it had constructed, and would exhibit at the New York World's Fair, a new electromechanical man. His name: Elektro. In either profile or full-face he looks not unlike Actor John Barrymore, and with a total of 26 tricks in his repertoire, he is probably the most talented robot ever built...