Word: manly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...great a man, as well as Democrat, is Jouett Shouse, that to him is given major credit for inducing the G. O. P. to go to his city for its convention last year. Lawyer, farmer, banker, son of a Kentucky clergyman (Protestant), strong of mind, bold of speech, he will now take prominent place on the political battlements of the capital. Briefly, his duty will be to eye the Hoover administration; to look for, mark, proclaim its errors; to direct against it the archery of partisan criticism until next election. Chairman Raskob prepared to withdraw into the Democracy...
...Washington Comptroller McCarl bit but held his tongue. The most officially unpopular man in the Government, he is hardened to abuse...
...Shouse appointment mollified anti-Raskob Democrats no less than the quick payments of their debts. As a Kansas Congressman (1915-19), Mr. Shouse served under Carter Glass on the House Banking & Currency Committee, and later was, again under Glass, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. A McAdoo man in 1920 and 1924, he is viewed with approval in the South despite his work at Democratic headquarters last year for the Brown Derby...
...violin, giving the excuse: "Not enough time to practice at home." Libby Holman, that singing girl who improves so tremendously on Helen Morgan, has a full-throated Harlem sonata, "Moanin' Low." Most of the lyrics were written by nimble-witted Howard Dietz, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's publicity man. His "theme" song: Hammacher-Schlemmer* (I Love You). The Grand Street Follies have always depended largely on protean Albert Carroll, impish imitator of the grimaces and posturings of famed actresses. In this latest edition−a mockery fest which simultaneously jibes at world history, actors, producers, Broadway hits−Mimic...
Loves of Casanova (French). Cut from 17 to seven reels, colored by hand, mercilessly expurgated, these episodic reminiscences of an 18th Century confidence-man invoke a dreariness entirely foreign to the life of the central character, but occasionally relieved by witty and good-humored subtitles written in the first person. Best shot: Casanova kissing a woman's hand...