Word: fashionableness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ever they do--the country may expect much improved conditions. Publicity can help in achieving this, and so long as it places before the citizens the truth; it adds in no way whatever to the betterment which is the sole aim of investigations, if it proceeds in reckless fashion. A conspicuous example of the harm that can be done is the recent accusation against Mr. Schwab which, after every newspaper in the country had injured his name by its insinuations, proved to be entirely unfounded. No amount of exoneration can ever undo the injury caused by this greed for higher...
...contains a deeply human theme, the contrasting ethics of the East and the West, illustrated by so lively an incident as the desire of the sawbwa's wife for gold teeth, solved so simply and truly by "a little child shall lead them," and withal, told in so conversational fashion which remains literary conversation while it simulates life, that the whole story is lifted into the class...
...field, yet is replete with little details of originality that make it well worth seeing. The end of the first act drags somewhat, but the second starts with a rush that is well maintained from then on. There is also no little plot, flitting unblushingly from a New York fashion shop to a Persian harem...
...farce" in fact it might most appropriately be termed a "farcical comedy." Flimsy as the plot may be, there is, nevertheless, a continual element of surprise running throughout the performance. The piece opens with an unusual and very ingonious prelude in three incidents, depicting in a convincing and amusing, fashion the love affairs of a popular society girl of the present generation. The element of surprise continues through a battle of wits between the hero and heroine, so that the spectator is in a quandary to know who is playing the hypocrite and who is not, who is lying...
...fortunate in its recent acquisition of the new Harkness Memorial. The group of buildings have been exceptionally handled in every phase of workmanship; even the fact that they cover a city block does not detract from their gracefulness, divided as they are into separate quadrangles and courts after the fashion of Oxford and old Cambridge. What is more interesting still, these same buildings, besides being excellent examples of architectural beauty, are consigned to a useful existence as dormitories. In this way yale's problem of housing all the students in college halls will be solved for some time to come...