Word: fitfully
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first time in history. In the first eight months of this year Japan exported 1,392,000,000 square yards. Britain 1,386,000,000. Since Britain has reigned for a century and more as the world's No. 1 cotton textile exporter, Japanese cotton men were fit to burst with pride...
Eddie Cantor rolling his eyes and spouting nonsense you like him or you don't. If you happen to fit into the latter type of moviegoer, and haven't seen "Palmy Days" yet, don't miss this, for Mr. Cantor is at his best and in his element. At least a hundred chorines, charming specimens, surround him on several occasions: they dance or do setting-up exercises. There are catchy tunes, intricate routines for the chorus, and an ample amount of wisecracking humor. With a minimum of plot, the director relied on Ziegfeld's tactics for a musical extravaganza with...
...Shaw was unable, and Sidney Webb unwilling to accomplish it. The forces of inertia with in the party and the forces of opposition without may stay Sir Charles' hand, but in this event something quite as important would have happened; Labour would be shown up for a toothless dog, fit not for Passfields and Trevelyans, but for the Hon. MacDonald, and for him alone...
...Casey sent three full teams against the Jayvees during the afternoon's workout. On "A" team Lane was given a tryout as No. 3 back (left halfback) with Dean at No. 1 and Nevin at No. 2. No 3 is the running back position and Lane seemed to fit it pretty well...
...Boston Police Department, where at least it is diverting; but in a university--a forum for minds--it is unthinkable. Yet censorship of a contemptibly petty stamp exists in this University. I refer to the use in certain language courses of texts in which the editors have seen fit to make deletions from the originals. Any one who has compared the authorized edition of Keller's "Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe" with the high school text now used in German 1a can appreciate how the editor of the latter has so subtly and judiciously blue-penciled as to change...