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...adds a gusto," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Group Readings Vitalize Rugged 'Closet Dramas' | 12/17/1938 | See Source »

...Thomas Howard might not be a sniveling hypocrite: at worst, he would seem to justify his forays as Falstaff justified his thefts: " 'Tis my vocation, Hal. 'tis no sin for a man to labor in his vocation.'' For almost three acts Jesse James labors with gusto. But History and the Wages of Sin have to win out, and Jesse is finally shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Play in Manhattan: Oct. 3, 1938 | 10/3/1938 | See Source »

...rest of his new gear Franklin Roosevelt approved with gusto and dispatch-Spend-Lend, Wages & Hours, Deficiency Bill, etc. And during the week he added two executive devices of his own: 1) a raise in pay for all WPA workers in 13 Southern States; 2) a loosening of requirements in bank examinations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Squared Away | 7/4/1938 | See Source »

...life, Ogden Nash serenely continues to steamroller the Muses to the delight of all spectators. His poetry, which has now come to represent a new genre of versification, is more rambling and full of humorous digressions than ever. As in his former books, he mutilates metre and rhythm with gusto, but here he is more successful in his butchery of poetic principle, for his creations are bristling with original, biting observations that have the reader chuckling at every line. Only infrequently does he lapse, inevitably perhaps, into frequently does he lapse, inevitably perhaps, into over absurdities of expression bordering...

Author: By J. P. L., | Title: The Bookshelf | 6/10/1938 | See Source »

...music and lyrics are by Harold J. Rome, and at least one of the songs, "Sing Me a Song of Social Significance," is extremely entertaining. Not much is demanded in the way of acting, but all the players swing through their parts with a pleasing gusto, and Ruth Rubenstein, who does most of the female specialties, is quite charming in her pouting...

Author: By E. C. B., | Title: The Playgoer | 5/11/1938 | See Source »

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