Word: mightly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Marne. Lacking the realism of such War pictures as Gold Chevrons, and Behind the German Lines, parts of which were taken in battle, its photographic effectiveness does not make up for conventional directing and for the stressing of isolated episodes at the expense of the main narrative. Maps might have given a sense of the unseen enemy pushing back the actual army, now dead, of which these actors are the equivalents. As it is, the soldiers remain stage soldiers, and while the incidents involving them are undoubtedly taken from history, they are not generalized enough to suggest the sound...
Cripple Snowden. swaying on his crutches, pointed out that Spinster Mason's charges might have imperiled his chances of being returned to the House of Commons at the General Election of May 30 next (see below). A detective testified that Miss Mason had said to him before she was arrested, "There's no mistake. There's only one Snowden in the Commons, and only one lame Snowden...
...symbol of Edward of Wales. Wildest Irishmen like him. He has just cemented his popularity with all classes−especially the lower−by what may yet grow to seem an epochal tour of the British Coal Fields (TIME, Feb. 1), where millions are jobless, well nigh starving, and might conceivably have turned against the Crown. With two gestures of convincing sincerity Edward of Wales did much to forestall that. The first gesture was his report on the unemployment situation, which he denounced in heartfelt fashion as "A ghastly mess! Worse than I would ever have believed!" His second gesture...
...results of last week's five by-elections were considered, when viewed in the light of local conditions, a great blow to the Conservatives, a good showing for Labor and a brilliant one for the Liberals. Without the yardstick of a knowledge of local conditions the result might seem quite otherwise, for Conservatives won two seats, Liberals two, and only Jenny Lee won a seat for Labor. The real story is told however, by the betting odds (see above) which last week for the first time showed that the betting connoisseurs expect the Laborites to win more seats than...
...Conservatives in Leicester, the man with the umbrella observed, "As Lloyd George himself says, his scheme is as sound as the Welsh mountains. They are celebrated for their scenery. They probably afford pasturage for a few goats. ... To put his scheme into effect would require a Dictator. . . . A Dictator might do it. But we are not going to work under a Dictator...