Word: greatest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Party ties rest very lightly upon me, and, as I have said, my idea is that one of the greatest evils of government is that so many people tie themselves up to a party, when as a matter of fact it seems to me they ought to be independent of all parties. Under existing conditions, I presume parties are necessary, but it is a mistake to regard a party as anything but an instrumentality of government...
...version of the Rostand comedy- made by Italians-follows the lines of the original like a silk stocking. Thus is eliminated virtually all the comedy of line. The cinema is essentially the drama of movement. Cyrano sits still too often. Yet, as a faithful transcription of one of the greatest of modern comedies, the venture deserves attention from thoughtful cinema-goers-particularly those in. the waste places where otherwise the comedy can never come. One Pierre Magnier gives an able performance and the film is done in colors...
...Jews, has been interested in the Zionist movement since its inception in the U. S. some 25 years ago. Under him, the movement has grown amazingly, and its success can be attributed in no small part to Mr. Lipsky's wholehearted devotion, combined with the greatest ability. Mr. Lipsky is also a member of the Executive Committee of the World Zionist Organization and, in this capacity recently paid a five months' visit to London and Palestine where he made an exhaustive study of conditions. On his return to the U. S., he was greeted, at a formal reception...
...greatest pressure upon the pound sterling in foreign exchange markets always comes in the autumn. During the fall season, the British regularly purchase large amounts of our cereals and cotton, and in consequence are forced to make heavy payments to the U. S. Even before the War, in the absence of other offsetting factors, sterling tended to sag in terms of U. S. dollars...
Died. Sam Crane, 71, famed baseball writer, once "the greatest second baseman of the major leagues" ; in Manhattan, of pneumonia contracted while accompanying the Giants on their western trip. For many years he wrote of baseball for the New York Evening Journal and was famed for the gravity with which he handled...