Word: habits
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...speak of public obligations. . . . Political parties throughout the world have a habit of treating lightly the obligations . . . entered into by their government...
Sued for Divorce. Wladek Zbyszko Cyganiewicz, onetime (1919) world's heavyweight wrestling champion; by Vila Villi, onetime member of Earl Carroll's Vanities. Said she: "He had a playful habit of twisting my arms around behind my back...
...delicate, with big forearms and incongruous stamina, he plays a heady game, often loses a set or two while experimenting with his oppo nent's weaknesses. As was Johnston's, his best shot is his forehand though until this year it was so undependable that he made j a habit of borrowing his friends' rackets, taking lessons, practicing against a wall when the trick deserted him. Two of his uncles are Watson Washburn, 19 21 Davis Cup player, and Julian S. Myrick, onetime (1920-22) president...
...Girl Habit (Paramount) is a farce which uses the oldest, most dependable methods for producing hilarity. Whether it succeeds or not depends entirely on the mood and taste of individuals in the audience who will find it i) screamingly funny, 2) rather silly, 3) crazy but dull. It concerns itself with the predicaments and escapes of a young man who seems to have a perpetual case of the jitters (Charles Ruggles). Engaged to marry a debutante with a dignified mother, he is pursued with kindly intent by an ardent blonde (Tamara Geva), later, with less kindly intent, by her gangster...
Daisy was intelligent enough to be flattered when rumor pinned on her the authorship of Elizabeth and Her German Garden* She tried writing stories herself; nothing much came of it. As Henry's career continued not to materialize, as marriage became a somewhat weary habit, Daisy and her husband drifted apart. In December, 1923, she divorced him. Now an old lady, she lives part of the time in Germany, part in England, is delighted that so many readers have been delighted by her reminiscences...