Word: fine
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...political beliefs, the Marquessa was not altogether mistress of the occasion. Nevertheless, she took criticism in good part and such questions as she could not answer by specific information she turned aside. Ignoring many breaches of good taste, she later made a statement thanking the Student Body for their "fine spirit of fair play...
...Ella Fitzgerald thinks it's great to be famous, however, she certainly doesn't show it. She talks about Boston, which she says is a "fine city--just like home to me", or about Bessie Smith, whom she calls the "finest blues singer that ever lived," but about herself she has little...
...exhibit attempts to trace the development of his art from his first decoration of a poem, that of Charles Stuart Pratt's "Daniel Gabriel Rossetti," up to the gigantic two-volume edition of the Oxford Lectern Bible which appeared in 1935. The use of different type faces characterize Rogers' fine editions and along with examples of his work, his reason for using the particular design is given. Among the varieties of type is found his own widely known Centaur...
...will deliver at least six public lectures here this spring. The holder of the professorship is permitted to speak upon any phase of poetry, the term being interpreted to include all poetic expression in language, music, or the fine arts...
Comedy of a different sort is supplied by John Barrymore, who walks off with acting honors in a fine portrayal of a half-witted drunkard who forgets his sorrows by drinking and gloating over the misfortunes of others. Mr. Barrymore brings to the part, which has little to do with the plot, a pathos reminiscent of Chaplin. Fred MacMurray plays a minor part as Miss Lombard's too-honest husband. Instead of acting together as in the past, Mr. MacMurray is subordinated to the heroine's personality, but the result is far from disastrous...