Word: heavier
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...keynote of the 1934 Follies. As a New York Mayor in the reviewing stand, Willie Howard notes the absence of photographers ("Is Eleanor Roosevelt in town?"), the Republican delegation ("Where is he?"), the marching bankers with "angina Pecora." But the show belongs mostly to Miss Brice. Older and heavier, she uses her kangaroo lollop and wry mouth as trademarks for a great human personality. All her songs are written by her third husband, Billy Rose. In a pinafore she repeats her radio performance of "Snooks," the problem child of a George Washington descendant who tries to cure her of lying...
...Leanders to impotence." Editor Parkes decided that the fairest match for the 8,500-ton Mogamis will be the U. S. 10,000-ton cruisers of the Brooklyn class, described them as "the most interesting cruisers yet built." Gravely twitting Japanese naval architects for their penchant for piling heavier & heavier masts and fire control gear into existing war craft. Dr. Parkes notes that battleships of the Mutsii class have now been equipped with foremasts so thick that they accommodate an electric elevator running clear up to the masthead. "This mast is claimed to be almost indestructible by shell fire," notes...
...from TIME to dispute so eminent an authority. But Chairman Marks is rash to rely on "any whiskey expert in the U. S."; for TIME'S own eminent consultant pronounces that Irish whiskies, being heavier, are less delicate. Question of taste.-ED. Danner Christmas Sirs: . . . Nowhere is the true spirit of Christmas more clearly shown than among the 3,000,000 lepers of the world-sick, homeless, many of them blind, and crippled as well. At 170 lonely leper outposts around this old world there are men and women and little children asking ''Will there...
...happened to be one of the Browns killed by the Reds he has grown great in Death. But his life scarcely makes good enough cinema material to endow with the mighty name HORST WESSEL. As released last week Hans Westmar, One of Many goes lighter on the Jews, heavier on the Communists than did Horst Wessel. It is definitely militaristic - at a time when all Chancellor Hitler's words are of Peace. "You must be Good Europeans ! '' a pacifist teacher tells his class. "Down with arms !" "To arms!" shouts Student Hans Westmar. In order to fight, bleed...
...arena to judge the champion steer. In the ring were four finalists-a Hereford, a Shorthorn, two Anguses. One of the Anguses belonged to Oakleigh Thorne. Mr. Thorne could not forget that no individual had ever won the championship twice, that his entry in the ring, Briarcliff Model, was heavier (1,217 Ib.) than was nowadays popular. Judge Biggar passed his sensitive hands over well-meated ribs, examined shoulders, circled again & again. Finally he pointed to Briarcliff Model. There was applause. By now Farmer Thorne was an upstart Eastern breeder no longer. Technicians talked of "new contributions to animal husbandry...