Word: golden
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Relatively barren of adjectives were business letters (19), private letters by inexperienced writers (22); abounding in adjectives were advertisements (78) and Ph. D. theses (88). Poetry struck a golden mean...
Died. Mary Anderson (Madame Antonio de Navarro), 80, legendary golden-haired U. S. and English stage favorite of the '705 and '80s; at Court Farm, Broadway, Worcestershire, England. Her persuasive charm, plus her talent, enchanted audiences. When she made her debut at 16 (as Juliet, at Macauley's Theatre, Louisville, Ky.), critics described her as "a wonder of awkwardness" with "a glimmer of promise." She retired when she was 30, at the height of her career...
When the "Golden Gate International Exposition" shut up shop last year, it was $4,166,000 in the red. (First year's liability of the New York World's Fair: $23,982,806.) Last week, when the San Francisco Fair stepped out for another try, about 60% of its disillusioned creditors had accepted a settlement of less than 20 cents on the dollar. Those who stuck, in the hope of getting a better settlement after a better season, based their hopes...
...Exeter his extensive extra-curricular activities include the presidency of The Lantern Club, a literary group, membership on the staff of the Exonian, school newspaper, and participation in the debates of the Golden Branch debating society. President Conant's 17-year old son is also on the staff of the Review, a literary magazine, and is a member of the Cum Laude Society...
Last year Paramount Pictures threw a big costume party in Omaha, Neb. to give its Union Pacific a rousing sendoff. Exuberant citizens had so much fun they decided to have another Golden Spike...