Word: fine
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Even more significant than the contract was its origin. Once the three had met, Henry Ford and Harry Bennett decided Homer Martin was a fine fellow. They did not revise their opinion of John L. Lewis, whom they do not consider fine. In this, Messrs. Ford and Bennett agree with Mr. Martin, who has actively disliked Mr. Lewis since the C. I. O. chairman put Vice Chairman Philip Murray and Sidney Hillman in control of U. A. W. two months...
Chileans who fail to vote are black-listed as civic-duty dodgers and have to pay a 100-peso ($5) fine. Consequently, last week most of them turned out to vote in a typical South American election which picked a successor to stern, small-eyed President Arturo Alessandri Rodriguez, forbidden by law to succeed himself...
While in Africa, the Commission collected fine specimens of big game and some damaging facts about Britain's ''trusteeship'' of backward peoples. Example: Government provision of primary schools is so inadequate that of the 720,000 children between the ages of five and 15 in Uganda, only one-third attend school, and of this number more than five-sixths attend mission schools. The sun may never set on Britain's empire, but it has disgracefully few native minds to which the light of education penetrates...
Though it cannot be classed as a truly great picture, nevertheless lavish pageantry, fine acting and powerful emotional drama combine to make "Marie Antoinette," current offering at the University, splendid entertainment. Norma Shearer's characterization of the French queen, whose throne brings her only disillusionment, loneliness, and finally death itself, is touching if over-favorable in its presentation. Unfortunately Tyrone Power, Miss Shearer's leading man, does not give her the support she deserves. His portrayal of Court Fersen is un convincing; in the emotional heights of tender love scenes, he appears stiff and wooden. What the film suffers...
John Golden's revival is well worth a trip to the Colonial because a great American actor is playing in a fine American play...