Word: lives
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Bohemian garret-&-starvation conception of a great artist does not apply to Sibelius. Since 1897 he has enjoyed a modest pension from the Finnish state, which has provided him with leisure to compose. At his house at Jarvenpaa he lives the secluded life of a highly respectable country gentleman. His five daughters have long since gone forth to marry and raise families of their own. He and his wife live alone, looked after by two maids. He relishes good food and drink, smokes continually the best and largest Havana cigars, is partial between meals to well-aged whiskey served...
...admiring wife says: "Sibelius continues to live at a tremendous pace, with great intensity and energy. He is still like a young man full of dreams and hopes." He stands erect as a general, his ivory- colored dome rising from strong heavily-built shoulders; he still clothes himself with meticulous care, favors a double-breasted blue or grey lounge suit, a broad-brimmed felt hat; he wears specially built, handmade German shoes; on his numerous walks he stalks through the country swinging a heavy stick. And 72 or not, like all true Finns he takes his sauna (Finnish steam bath...
...chief job in life was looking after Lennie. The hopeless fairy tale that George (Wallace Ford) tells Lennie (Broderick Crawford) over and over about the little house on the little piece o' land, with an alfalfa patch and rabbits for Lennie to pet, where one day they will live "off the fatta the land" was more than a bedtime story. It was George's dream, and the dream of every wandering ranch hand who reaps the planting of others, collects his fifty a month, moves on to other planters' harvests...
...remarks of the author and manager were of no avail. Investigations revealed that one of the two live hens which will be used in the forthcoming production, had presented the club with a large white...
...communities in the United States shelter as large a collection of anonymous scholars as that area vaguely designated as Harvard Square, where hundreds of men learned in their special fields live in comparative seclusion. Their function is vital to posterity, but it is often a thankless job so far as they personally are concerned. Any movement which can draw these men out and give them an opportunity to share their knowledge with the public and earn its immediate appreciation, not only renders a service to society, but repays the scholars in part for their labor and lends them added incentive...