Word: magically
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...magic fish, an enchantress-siren...
...victory over Harvard, and moundsman Robinson might have his hat in the baseball Hall of Fame reserved for pitchers of no-hit games. For the last eight innings the Bowdoin twirler had the Crimson eating out of his hand hitless and well nigh runless; but since he had no magic lamp to rub, the first inning must stand, leaving Harvard a 6 to 3 victor and Robinson not an immortal, but only a defeated pitcher...
...best. In "Robin Hood" one was conscious that Doug was acting a good part; in this Arabian Nights fantasy one is not aware that he is acting at all. And in the same way, one is not conscious of the impossibility of the multitude of mysterious and magic occurrences which are continually taking place. Every trick known to photographic art is used, and so skillfully used that the most extraordinary events seem perfectly natural. Elton Thomas, the author, has chosen a number of incidents from the Arabian Nights and woven them together into a fairy story that cannot fall...
...would be very beautiful. But the story has as much place in it as a bull in a china shop. It has less action than the bull. It saunters deliberately through the legendary romance of the silk-weaving championship of Canfu, when a youth who could spin the magic flame silk was nearly consumed in the 'blandishments of a temptress instigated by a wily rival. Save for some provocative muscle dances and a breathless moment when the Delilah seems about to spurn mere clothing, it is picturesque but dull, a pretty ribbon on the notion counter...
...Heidelberg is still full of young men who attend lectures at the University. But they are not 'students' in the old-time sense; they are no longer the pampered children of the town, who may do everything, to the everlasting enjoyment of everybody. They seem to wear magic caps that render them invisible. Russian students, in particular, have changed entirely. There are many of them; but they do not stroll in groups up and down the Anlage; they do not argue-all at the same time- about socialization of land and proletarianization of the peasant; they no longer...