Word: mines
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...light-fingered romancer, Author Graves has dug carefully into a mine of authorities (Suetonius, Tacitus, Dio Cassius, Josephus, scores of others) for the outline and main incidents of his story. His good and scholarly friend Aircraftman T. E. Shaw (T. E. Lawrence) scanned the narrative for anachronisms, found none. Though I, Claudius abounds in murderous incidents, scandalous anecdotes. Author Graves can in almost every case quote classical scripture as his authority. Says he: "There is no main incident in the book...
...haired, Elder Michaux introduced himself as "The 'Happy Am I' preacher," launched into a sermon praising President Roosevelt. ''The President," said he, "sponsored the NRA BlUb Eagle. I sponsor the NRA White Eagle. The difference is that the first stands for National Recovery Administration while mine stands for National Revival Administration. Any doctor will tell you that you can't have recovery without revival. The same is true of our country.'' The audience cried "Amen'; and "Yeah, man." When Elder Michaux bellowed that "the Devil is right here in Philadelphia...
...This Man Is Mine" is the assertive title that forcefully depicts the feelings of Irene Dunne and Constance Cummings, wife and mistress respectively, concerning Ralph Bellamy. The piece is capably acted and contains some very amusing dialogue; and, although the central idea is a serious one, the general result is an interesting bit of light entertainment that rounds out a decidedly good program...
...Sergeant, if you'll take care of your men, I can take care of mine." "All right now, all you students go home to bed or you'll report at the Dean's Office"--"Say, you, close that window up the, all right close it, come on, this is all over now." "Come on boys, break it up." "If you're a student, go home, if you're not a student, go home." "Come on you up there, no more water now, this is all over...
...mine the first praise given TIME'S excellent maps? I refer especially to the one dealing with the Russo-Japanese situation which appeared several months ago [TIME, Feb. 12] and to the one of Dillinger Land in the [May 7] issue...