Word: friendships
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...McFarland some good reason for saying that he is not going to be a "Liquidator," but rather a Star Statesman. Across a wine-set banquet table Prime Minister Andre Tardieu of France said last week to the World in general and to Prime Minister Bennett of Canada in particular: "Friendship between Canada and France is a long established fact of which there is no question...
...Morgan has, indeed, long been a firm friend of Britain, and never was the staunchness of his friendship better shown than when British reputation was put to a test in the early months of the World War and was being besmirched by those in his own country whose origin and interests made them naturally zealous to damage it. Credit meant much in those days, but the help to Britain of the House of Morgan was unwavering and invaluable...
...Frenchmen have as nice an appreciation of British mentality as Andre Maurois. The few do not include Maurice Dekobra. His story of how a woman wrecked a Damon-&-Pythias friendship between two English officers is as flashily improbable as an operetta, but just as agreeable if you are in the mood...
...exile: Hurdygurdler Don Gaetano, Tragic Poet Monsieur Alfredo, Model Raffaella. Though his tales are by nature grim, Author Munthe has whimsied them into wistfulness which never quite loses an old-fashioned charm. His humor is of the same mellow vintage. On a vacation at Ischia he struck up a friendship with a donkey. "Each morning came my neighbor, the old donkey, and stuck in her solemn head through the open door, looking steadfastly at me. I always wondered why she stood there so still and did nothing but stare at me, and I could not hit upon any other explanation...
...newsworthy. In 1911 she won first prize in a short-story contest in which there were 15,000 entries. In 1921 her play Miss Lulu Belt won the Pulitzer Prize. Last month she publicly forgave a plagiarist (TIME. Sept. 15). Other books: Preface to a Life, Faint Perfume, Birth, Friendship Village...