Word: grandes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...gusty," "oleaginous" and even "blowsy," but its author is undismayed. His every moment is instinct with the dignity of high office. Even in physique he is a great man. His head is large, his neck short, his body ponderable. His hat, his collar, his necktie are all in the grand old tradition. The only small thing about him is the eyes, which peer keenly and patriotically through pince nez. Crowning all, he comes from a pivotal state. That usually accurate and sometimes acid correspondent, Frank R. Kent, has written of Indiana's Watson: "By outstanding...
...extraordinary stupidity of the criminals. Hero Bennett, 12, uses to advantage certain metallic mots by Harriet Ford and the late Harvey O'Higgins. "You win the ten thousand dollars reward. What will you do with it?" . . . "I'll count it." Best shot: the kidnapers in Grand Central Station, Manhattan...
Speakeasy (Fox) is a hasty commercial attempt to record the sounds of a great city-a fight at Madison Square Garden, a crowd at the racetrack, trains in the Grand Central Station, Manhattan traffic. To provide a framework for the noise a girl reporter risks worse than death in interviewing a pug who takes his rubdown before his shower, chats happily with his trainer 30 seconds after being knocked down three times and finally counted out in the ring, and who looks as though he wore a size 13 collar. Other inaccuracies mark a picture which as a story seems...
...fifty-fourth session of the Council of the League of Nations opened in Geneva, last week, with sardonic Vittorio Scialoja in the chair. This brilliant, skeptical Italian jurist comes of a line of Scialojas who have been magistrates and grand dignitaries since the 17th Century. He collaborated with Woodrow Wilson in drafting the Covenant of the League of Nations as Italian Foreign Minister (1919-20) ; today, in the 73rd year of his vigorous age, he is the personal and implicitly trusted diplomatic representative of Dictator Benito Mussolini. "Order!" rapped Chairman Vittorio Scialoja, as his judicial forbears have rapped for generations...
...fair sprinter and passed through several hands before being bought by Mr. Bruce. He had such an unpleasant temper that starters almost barred him. This, perhaps as much as anything, led Mr. Bruce to try him at jumping. He was a success from the start and won the Maryland Grand National twice, the Meadow Brook Cup. the Maryland Hunt Cup and the Manor Cup. When he was first taken to England, Albert Ober rode him but, after three defeats, he asked to be relieved and Cullinan, a smart little Irish professional, was engaged. Last year's tragedy...