Word: formful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...member hands over two dollars, becomes one of many "number 125" at the base of the pyramid. The next night he becomes a "number 11" and must bring two new members, each with two dollars, to keep the organization intact. On each subsequent night, as new members multiply and form pyramids behind them, he is pushed toward the peak of his pyramid, until on the 12th night he becomes a number i and theoretically receives...
...Seek a Protector." Inside the camps in Russia's "classless" society, a strict class system developed. At the bottom were dokhodyagi, "persons who had lost resemblance to the human form ..." Next came the rabotyagi, "who had not yet lost their strength," the urki (criminals), finally the predurki, the camp aristocrats who worked in the administration. Though "sexual intercourse ... is a punishable offense, the conditions of life give a woman no choice but to seek a protector among the camp aristocracy...
...meet will take in both speed and form races, relays, diving, and a special novelty performance. The speed and form contests will each be divided into freestyle, back stroke, and breast stroke events. Two relays, a 60 yard medley, and an 80 yard freestyle, will provide opportunity for team work by each class...
Today "Lost Horizon" and "Holiday" form the bill. The first, a screen adaptation of James Hilton's novel, stars Ronald Coleman, and deserves its recall and its reputation as an exciting adventure film. "Holiday" is a Phillip Barry show with Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant handling the lead light comedy roles...
...Tired Master. Even in the distressed state and anything-that-goes philosophy of U.S. book publishing, Scott-King's Modern Europe (which also appeared in Cosmopolitan) hits a low-watermark. It is hardly more than a short story expanded just enough for book form. The studied anticlimaxes and the resolute deflation of the funny scenes give it a grisly monotony; the book suggests a tired master who seems to be trying to see how far he can go in revealing his contempt for his large and profitable audience. Out of it, however, Scott-King emerges as one of Waugh...