Word: finality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Politics is a fluid science and so is bookkeeping. Mixed together in unknown quantities the two will generate various reactions, sometimes quiet and invisible, sometimes violently explosive. The final solution usually defies exact analysis...
...final ounce of boldness probably came, last fortnight, when the Dictator closed and bade farewell to the last democratically elected parliament of Italy. When the new Chamber meets, next Spring, it will consist entirely of Deputies hand picked by the Fascist Grand Council. There will be no Opposition. In the words of Il Capo to the departing deputies...
...home for the aged was overcrowded, that $100,000 would bring sunshine (which is what Doctor Sonnenschein's name means) to many an unhappy soul. Perhaps there was a trace of anti-Semitism in the municipal council? But since the council's word was evidently legally final, it seemed last week that no Jew, rich or poor, would enjoy part...
...faithful actress cannot act well when her part is falsely written. But she can pronounce her words and she does not need to make every line a dirge, humming or whistling it. Actress Barrymore said "mush" meaning "must," "wannering" meaning "wandering," and dropped all final dentals. Her voice became deeper as she grew older and she developed a crouch; otherwise her actions did not change. But near the end, the hungry little children in the orphanage cried "Hurrah for the Mother Superior" and, a few minutes later, so did the audience...
...Anise de Lozo and following effects are appropriately blurred. A solo violin suggestive of charming broken English is first to clear away the haze. There comes a swift transition and Gershwin has the blues, bad blues, until he meets a friend, starts off again jauntily to a final noisy walking theme that foretells an hilarious evening...