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...meal is being prepared." Of party manners: "You will, of course, want to appear well-bred. So hand your hostess a dead fish, do the profile twist, and confine all conversational effort to words such as 'ghastly!' or 'septic!'" Of geniuses: They are forgiven after they are dead; poor sportsmen: never...
...unwilling hostess to a Communist fugitive (Walter Siezak, ingratiating young hero of Music in the Air). He is supposed to be a German Red who has taken a potshot at Adolf Hitler. It appears to be a breach of party discipline to shoot individuals, but he hopes to be forgiven on the grounds of "youthful exuberance." His charm, his broken English and his pistol persuade Miss Claire not to give him up to the police...
Editorial College journalism, which may be forgiven many mistakes in style and finish, should never be guilty of any least infringement of the laws of propriety...
...Edsel Ford were warmly welcomed by the chieftain of the New Deal. To newshawks who clustered around him in the street, Edsel Ford reiterated that the Ford Company had not signed certificates of NRA compliance, reiterated that it was living up 100% to NRA requirements. All was forgiven if not forgotten, for the Government had just sanctioned the purchase of a Ford for the first time since the great quarrel a year ago.* The President and Edsel Ford had met in the glass pool-house given to Warm Springs by the Fords...
...deserving of the light of print; Wolf Solent and A Glastonbury Romance may serve as instances. Mr. Schuster is known as an enthusiast, in literature and music, who lets his tastes dictate more of his business than any "opportunist" would dare to do. I am sure that he has forgiven you; but as for myself I wince when TIME takes liberties with living souls. De vivis nil nisi bonum...