Word: eyeful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Quick to capitalize on all this free publicity was Publisher Julian Messner, who advertised in the New York Times: "For the full, free-spoken, eye-opening account of how the press is failing the public, read the book Secretary Ickes urges every citizen to read, LORDS OF THE PRESS, by George Seldes." The Seldes book was issued last November, has been studied in Washington with much the same interest as Ferdinand Lundberg's sensational America's 60 Families...
Most actors hate working with child prodigies, who usually lack adult scruples about stealing scenes. John Barrymore is no exception to this rule, but he is one of the few actors who are capable of taking an eye for an eye against any baby star in pictures. Not the least remarkable of Director Kanin's achievements in The Great Man Votes was keeping this competition between Barrymore and Holden almost invisible on the screen. Good shot: Barrymore stealing a scene when he is supposed to be asleep...
...untutored occidental eye, "quaint" is the word for Persian miniature paintings. Humay Meeting Humayun (see cut), painted on silk about 1430, is a far cry from the type of pseudo-Persian fantasy, with harem maidens, moons and gazelles, affected by occidental illustrators. This painting, 6 by 8½ in., belongs to the Timurid period of 'Persian art, after the Mongol conquerors, Genghis Khan and Tamerlane, had brought in Chinese influences. But there is no Chinese depth or shading in the picture. The pure red, gold, blue and green robes of the figures, their rouged cheeks and the formalized tree...
...partisanship in the Spanish war, the Pope followed the advice of his Spanish bishops. But a majority of U. S. Catholics, according to a recent Gallup poll, do not see eye to eye with the Holy Father and the Spanish hierarchy. The Gallup figures: 58% of Catholics who take sides favor Franco, about 33% of all Catholics sympathize with neither side; thus, Franco partisans number only some 38% of U. S. Catholics, and in the general population they are even fewer...
...breast, a national Freshman record for the 2:12.5, in the 220, a similar record for the 100 free-style with a 54.8 o'clocking, an Incredible 1:1.4 in the 100 backstroke, and a sizzling 1:22.5 for the 150 medley relay were the eye-opening results...