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Word: ladyes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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More reassuring to businessmen was the introduction in the Senate of a series of Administration amendments to take the worst sting out of last year's Securities Act. These amendments would abolish the liabilities of officers and directors for false statements made on information received from, accountants and other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Roosevelt Week: May 14, 1934 | 5/14/1934 | See Source »

As a convincing portrayal of the gripping suspense which holds all the souls on the disabled liner, stranded out in the lonely South Pacific Ocean while her hold slowly fills with water during several long days, the book is a very good job. There is the usual assortment of widely...

Author: By A. J. L., | Title: The Crimson Bookshelf | 5/11/1934 | See Source »

When the story opens the professor has just succeeded in seducing (by a lecture!) the American lady, which richly compensates him for the inferiority he feels because of a crippled arm. As the book closes, the professor is fervently praising God for his escape from the sea.

Author: By A. J. L., | Title: The Crimson Bookshelf | 5/11/1934 | See Source »

Barbara Stanwyck as "Gambling Lady" successfully plays her way through an unusually complex plot. Her father, Mike, the "last of the honest gamblers," commits suicide, in preference to turning dishonest, when he goes broke. Lady Lee gets a job with a crooked gambling syndicate and despite all temptations, she always...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 5/8/1934 | See Source »

Countess de Chambrun bases her romanticized tale of Shakespeare's career on "two score years of personal research," which includes a knowledge of the latest diggings among Shakespeare's bones. Perhaps Anne Hathaway really was the beautiful and understanding wife Author de Chambrun portrays: perhaps Shakespeare really was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Dark Lady | 5/7/1934 | See Source »

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