Word: hoaxes
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When the Kreisler hoax became known, Mischa Elman was pompously indignant. Said he: "It is indeed a surprise that one who stands so high for all that is beautiful, pure and true in art as Kreisler should have resorted to such means. . . ." Other fiddlers showed greater comradeship. Yehudi Menuhin called it "one of the most creditable things that Kreisler has ever done." Albert Spalding was not surprised. Efrem Zimbalist had known, had gladly kept the secret all along. Said he: "The violin repertory has been wonderfully enriched by these compositions, and as Kreisler did not think it advisable...
...Oxford Group is the biggest hoax ever forced upon man in the name of religion. It is devoid of any intellectual content; it is suited to people who don't think at all. A chimpanzee would be eligible for membership provided it had a dinner jacket and looked respectable...
...than Miss West. How about Miss Katherine DeMille, whose upper torso throughout the entire film is something incredible, certainly too good to be true? Are these portions of the young woman's figure actually as wonderful as depicted or are they, for the most part, just a physiological hoax? Even a hoax of such proportions ought to be TIME-worthy...
...groom were denying the marriage report. And Hélène Fortescue herself had denied it to another Times correspondent. Back to Hélène Fortescue went Reporter MacDonald, only to have her insist the story was true. Next day the whole story degenerated into a hoax...
...your jewelry for a few days." She could tell when he was losing because although his face did not change, his voice grew flat. She told how he did not bother to watch the finish of a horse-race on which he won $800,000; how he arranged the hoax whereby Nicky Arnstein, for whom New York police had been hunting for six months, rode to headquarters to surrender in a touring car at the rear of a police parade...