Word: gents
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...TIME of Oct. 19 under Animals the police-man was "surprised'' to behold the old gent peering through the binoculars. It strikes me that your writer has fallen into the same error in the use of the word surprise as did Mrs. Noah Webster, who was duly corrected by her erudite husband...
...currently favored by producers as a measuring stick for actresses who seem capable of being built up into a resemblance to Greta Garbo (Mysterious Lady). Helen Twelvetrees is charming, low-voiced, auburn-haired, but she lacks the exotic numbness of Garbo, Marlene Dietrich et al. Her quiet and intelli gent acting leaves the melodrama plausible but not exciting...
...backs that Michigan has had within the last 25 years who was a consistent ball carrier; the other was Jimmy Craig, brother of Ralph Craig, double winner of the Olympic sprint events. Jimmy had almost as much speed as Ralph and he was a most elusive gent when he found himself in a broken field...