Word: impressionable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Thence to lunch at Winthrop House and hear much gossip of this and that and then reminded of a sentence I once did write: "A gossip, dear Sagmus, is one who gets the strongest impression from our weakest moments." So to the country where all is sweet.
I would be indebted to you if you would correct this impression that you have given.
Author Heiden divulges the secret that Hitler once wore a pointed beard, gives a contemporary instance of his platform wit. One of a hostile audience shouted: "Take your hands out of your pockets!" To this Hitler shouted back: "Gentlemen, I am not one of those who talk with their hands...
HARPOONER - Robert Ferguson - University of Pennsylvania Press ($2.50). Journal of an unassuming Scottish-U. S. seaman, who calmly recorded his day-today experiences on a four-year whaling expedition in the 1880's. An adept at understatement, Diarist Ferguson conveys the impression that despite the extreme hazards of his...
Scene was the big Chicago Auditorium with some 200 Marshall Fielders massed on the stage. Fifty-four Chicago Symphony men were there as assistants. At Edgar Nelson conducted, got the concert off to a rousing start with the Hail Abode from Tannhaüser. Second half of the program was...