Word: expressione
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Many a U. S. officer attached to British and Canadian divisions in 1917-18 remembers a small Official Artist with gleaming spectacles and a serious expression who wandered about Division Headquarters in a shaggy goatskin tunic and trench helmet drawing pictures of Generals. Those who talked with him discovered that...
As a reference book "Fifty Years of Party Warfare" is decidedly worthwhile. The long bibliography attached renders it of added value to all students in American history. Yet the clarity of thought and expression which characterizes its pages, coupled with the fascination of its subject matter should not fail to...
As every knowing Roman knows, Benito Mussolini has two faces, the scowling imperial mask which II Duce wears on every public appearance before his countrymen, and the unassuming, jovial expression with which he welcomes foreign visitors who need no intimidation. With a nice blend of the two expressions II Duce...
In Manhattan a Federal judge heard a petition by Katz Underwear Co. to restrain "Katz" Pajamas, Inc. from the use of its corporate name. The judge denied the petition. But he remarked: "Some advantage accrued to the plaintiff through currency of the popular expression 'cat's pajamas,'...
Few novelists these days attempt epigrammatic narrative, and fewer of their attempts are memorable. Michael Arlen's attempts are at least persistent: "After all, the first lesson a young man has to learn is that he must forgive his father, for he knew not what he did." Sheila had "one...