Word: leanness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Generous to the point of extravagance, the show offers four worthwhile lady entertainers: 1) saturnine Luella Gear, complaining that she has tried all the advertised luxuries of life but still "I Couldn't Hold My Man"; 2) lean Frances Williams who sings "Fun To Be Fooled" with bright authority; 3) a pert little body from the night clubs named Dixie Dunbar who kicks and chortles cutely; 4) Esther Junger, a concert dancer, bringing Carnegie Hall technique to frivolous Broadway...
...unemployed to work and take the burden of relief off the backs of the Tax Payers; that he was no radical, believed in Democracy, was abjured by Communists; that he was not to be confused with Sinclair Lewis; that upon election he would instantly pardon Tom Mooney. Lean, white-haired, hollow-eyed, he had no barkers to drum up audiences for him. Instead he charged admission fees, usually 25¢, for his meetings, drew greater crowds than any other candidate...
...cathedra, but a guide merely. We believe it is a good one. Its practical value to the new man depends upon that man's confidence in the general student opinion. If the editors of the CRIMSON were not convinced that the overwhelming majority of men in choosing courses lean heavily upon the opinion of experienced follow students, however the opinion is obtained, the Confidential Guide would never have been published...
...Agricultural Attache Lloyd Steers of the Berlin Embassy voiced a friendly ultimatum: The U. S. cannot be expected to enter agreements for next year unless guarantees are given that pledges will be kept by all, not merely by the blighted. In Washington Mordecai Ezekiel, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace's lean-jawed economic adviser, declared: "We are going to have virtually no wheat to sell abroad next year...
Howard Hawks is a specialist in action stories with a technical background (The Dawn Patrol, Scarface, The Crowd Roars). Lean, tall, with grey hair and a young face, he inherited a fortune which he lost in silent pictures, gained enough experience to make another. He always works with his writers preparing stories. Patient, diligent, tactful, he calls his actors by their first names. They call him Mr. Hawks. His wife is Norma Shearer's sister Athole. He plays good golf, drives a green Duesenberg, loses weight every time he makes a picture...