Word: gustibus
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...down by the turnstiles. This appears to be just another symptom of overemphasis of examinations. Outside of the repulsive enthusiasm that must be necessary in order to read one of the beastly things through, actually to get close enough to swipe one seems especially bad taste. Of course: "de gustibus...
Plymouth, May 28--"Able's Irish Rose". De gustibus non disputandumest...
...subscriber who has no fault to find with TIME : your idiosyncrasies sometimes irritate my personal taste, as those of other people do; just as mine no doubt irritate theirs-life is like that, thank God ; the world would be a dusty place if all tastes were alike. De gustibus non disputandum. One of the most entertaining features of your magazine is the uproar of people who insist upon disputanding other people's gustibusses. I find delight in watching that weekly circus, even if you do sometimes allow too many encores, permitting obvious pinheads to overstay their welcome. Run your...
...laughing little comedy well executed except in one spot and nicely adapted to the talents of Colleen Moore. The fatal spot is a color-film of a fashion show--perhaps very gratifying to those who like fash ions, but hard on those who think well of their eyes. De gustibus non disputandum est, which means that some people have heard about the lady who kissed the cow. Miss Moore as the mischievous and often penitent Irene starts as a poor but Irish heroine and frolics through to the arms of her handsome millionaire lover. She has her troubles...
...gustibus non est disputandum. "At last a real comedy," writes F. E. P. '18 in the CRIMSON for Tuesday after a night at the Majestic with "His Majesty Bunker Bean." Follows then an eulogy--an all-inclusive eulogy as far as the members of the cast are concerned--of the whole production and ends with the wish that Bostonians will make many more trips to the Majestic while Bunker is there...