Word: long
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Dangerous Curves (Paramount). It would not be fair to apply the term stale to this story about a circus performer who loses his skill when his female partner breaks up the team. Long ago it passed from being simply stale to an honorable status as one of the great stencils of picturemaking. Long research has proved that there are two ways in which the shaken fellow can be redeemed: 1) by the return of his original partner; 2) by another girl in the company who has loved him all the time but whose sacrifices have never been appreciated until...
...Hypochondriac Proust used to wear a long nightgown, sweaters, mufflers, stockings, gloves, a nightcap. He lived on the Boulevard Haussmann in Paris, in a cork-lined attic room. His curtains were drawn against the tree-dust he found obnoxious. The smell of perfumes, flowers, steam heat, oppressed him unbearably. Only at 3 a.m., when breathing was easiest for his asthma, would he venture into the street. In a drawing-room he would not doff his fur-lined coat. Once someone entered his house from several flights below, leaving the street-door ajar. Quavered Proust: "Shut that door!"-and died. Author...
...spitball was barred except for pitchers who had already specialized in it. There are now hardly any oldtime spitballers left, so Pitcher Grimes has something of an advantage over hitters to whom the spitball is strange and disturbing. But Pitcher Grimes has also an excellent and legal curve, long years of experience, an aggressive disposition, an acute intelligence...
...collapse of the pitching staff. The New York "Giants" are third but here again the common ailment of poor pitching has been a grave handicap. Pitcher Grimes, whose fine work has held up the Pittsburgh Club, last week had his thumb dislocated by a fast liner. If he is long on the bench, the Chicago Club should be the next champion. Outstanding Chicagoans are Infielder Rogers Hornsby and Outfielders Hack Wilson (who recently got into a fist fight with a Cincinnati player), Riggs Stephenson, Kiki Cuyler. The Chicago Club has three first rate pitchers (Guy Bush, Charlie Root, Pat Malone...
...even more extraordinary is Commercial National's ability to contract for such rental after only six months of business life. The bank was founded at the beginning of the present year-a year notable not for the appearance of new banks but for the disappearance (via merger) of long-established banking institutions. Since April 12, 1926, when Chase National absorbed Mechanics & Metals National, there have been 50 bank mergers in New York. In 33 of these mergers the smaller bank has completely lost its identity. Furthermore, new mergers are constantly expected, with the banking trend unquestionably toward the formation...