Word: manner
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...subscriber to TIME, FORTUNE and THE ARCHITECTURAL FORUM may I voice my regret at the manner in which you abuse a man who cannot defend himself: King Carol of Rumania (TIME...
...sent to America's hell hole off the Florida Coast. Warner Baxter, who contributes perhaps the finest performance of his career in this picture, makes Dr. Mudd the epitome of suffering humanity. The story, ably and imaginatively directed by John Ford, is told in such a simple, straightforward manner that the somewhat fantastic melodramatic details rarely seem exaggerated, and always are powerfully moving...
...Beebe handles personalities and events alike in the same warm, colorful manner, unconscious of the historical method or historical convention. He catches an atmosphere and makes a legend come alive. He shows contradictions and complexities and contrasts but puts them into a single and nicely-wrought whole. Let him explain...
...gave away the secret of his success: "The great secret of winning a naval engagement is to have the flagship always lead the way." When he heard of a proposed statue of himself, he demurred. "It does not seem proper to me that expense should be incurred in this manner at the present time. How can you be sure that I always shall live up to the monument that you propose to erect to me? I intend to remain prudent at all times until my death, but who can tell...
...Harriet finally yields to his importunity and marries him are eventualities prospective readers would not like to be told. Gaudy Night is written by one who knows and loves her Oxford-from the vantage of a woman's college. Author Sayers' story is brightly in the Oxford manner, and for that reason...