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Word: gooding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...litigation and court decision cannot long survive." Fundamentals v. Fanaticism. "In the long run whether in the prohibition field or in any other field of government, infinitely more is lost than gained if for the sake of accomplishing immediately a purpose, no matter how desirable, a fundamental principle of good government and sound practice is violated." Such a philosophic dictum might almost have been taken direct from "greatest" Alexander Hamilton himself. And in enunciating it, Mr. Mellon had to employ almost Hamiltonian courage. For he laid down this principle in a letter opposing additional funds for Prohibition, thus opening himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Since Hamilton | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

...with an old hag in Sun-Up that it was hard to believe in her latest characterization, that of a decayed but kind-hearted actress named Duckie. This actress, once highly popular behind footlights, has become, through the re versals of circumstance, a janitress. But she continues doing many good turns every day, for which the recipients repay her badly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Feb. 4, 1929 | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

...writing this ineffectual piece should dictate to him the confines of his metier. He is not a playwright. Obvious, intermediate lines try without success to sketch Iscariot as a better man, really, than Bible History makes him. He who is hard of hearing would enjoy the personable cast, the good settings by Jo Mielziner, but the hard of hearing go to the cinema...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Feb. 4, 1929 | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

...Smith (Jane Hamilton) doesn't mean to be bad, but she permits herself to be seduced by an artist. When she finds she is in his way, she leaves him, committing suicide by jumping in front of a subway train. It is only an honest play, not a good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Feb. 4, 1929 | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

Weary River. Richard Barthelmess has just the kind of pleasant tenor voice that you would expect from his face. "Weary River," the theme-song of his first sound-picture, is good enough to be fairly popular. Other films about crooks, however, have had far more interesting heroes than the gangster who develops such musical talent in the prison orchestra that his girl gives him up to let him have his chance in vaudeville. Other talkies have had better dialog than Betty Compson's repetitive "Ah, Jerry," and Barthelmess's "All right, baby." Best shot: close-up of convicts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Feb. 4, 1929 | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

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