Word: lustful
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...They Knew What They Wanted" is one of the most gripping films Hollywood has made recently. It handles old themes--love, jealousy, lust--in a straightforward, unaffected fashion that carries great conviction. Charles Laughton, as an Italian fruit-grower, and Carole Lombard, as a hash-house waitress, squeeze every bit of pathos and humor from their roles. William Gargan is a truly tragic figure as the villain of the piece, who ruins his own chances for happiness at the same time that he comes near to destroying the lives of those he loves most. Unlike the average Hollywood product, this...
...think, gentlemen, this is one of the most important points I have-conscription takes boys shortly out of high school, boys who all their lives have been taught to respect women . . . and places them in situations where the absence of normal contact with girls induces a mass lust which has always characterized Army units...
...Swomley: "Mass lust. I will clarify that...
...lust appeal is a winsome smoothy, handicapped by her big feet and her loud, monotonic voice. Two male characters, one of whom is an amazing personification of a Jordan Marsh clothing dummy with a Picadilly accent, are uninspiring. The remainder of the cast consists of two maids, one black and one white, who will be wasting their talents for serving tea and answering doorbells if "Old Acquaintance" actually lasts on Broadway...
Sour-faced Premier General Ion ('"Red Dog") Antonescu and Vice Premier and Iron Guard Leader Horia Sima spoke of "severe measures" to punish the extremist Green Shirts, but their words were scarcely in print when blood lust rushed through the whole disaster-sickened country. Onetime Premier Professor Nicolas lorga, tutor of King Carol and eminent historian, "the teacher of the nation," was found dead on the outskirts of the oil fields near his country home at Valeni-de-Munte. George Bratianu, scion of the dynasty which secured Rumania its independence, kept it going through World War I, was reported...