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...work of the two leading ladies than in the virtues of the manuscript. Zoe Atkins' dramatization of Edith Wharton's novel produces a quietly accelerating story which rises in the last act to genuinely fine drama but the play's success must be attributed in large part to the lucid, mature, and movingly sincere talents of the Misses Mencken and Anderson...

Author: By S. M. R., | Title: The Playgoer | 10/24/1935 | See Source »

...PRAISE of IDLENESS-Bertrand Russell-Norton ($2.50). Characteristically temperate and lucid, if uninspiring, essays on such subjects as architecture, Socialism, Communism & Fascism, cynicism in the young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fiction: Recent Books: Oct. 7, 1935 | 10/7/1935 | See Source »

Shameful Shreds. Then Tom Corcoran opened his small pink mouth, told his story of the "threat." With cold, lucid, driving fury, he tore Ralph Brewster's tale to shameful shreds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Boomerang & Blackjack | 7/22/1935 | See Source »

...Defense. A lucid, original mind, engaging presence and quiet, incisive delivery make Bob Hutchins one of the ablest and most popular public speakers in the land. In University of Chicago's majestic cathedral-chapel last week he summed up for all liberal educators their case against the patrioteers. His rangy, athletic figure draped in silken gown and the purple hood of a Doctor of Laws, he leaned out from the pulpit to declare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Midway Man | 6/24/1935 | See Source »

Starting off with a lucid explanation of why the editors choose to remain anonymous, the sensational publication soon dips into discussions of events of world-shaking importance. The first feature article, signed by that world-renowned authority Max, deals witheringly with the Literary Digest Peace Poll. As we turn the pages, the next story for little ones is signed, not as one would expect, by Leon or Butch, but by that prince of good follows, John, Both of these stories are of the most penetrating acumen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Communist Boldly Refuses to Prostitute Truth for Advertisements, Mere Pecuniary Gain | 2/21/1935 | See Source »

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