Word: minuses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Miss Banky, despite the disadvantage of her pronunciation, is fairly effective. There is no reason for Mr. La Roque, whatsoever. His long speeches resemble the monotone of a Fourth of July speaker, minus the relieving pyrotechnics usually associated with that day. Charitably speaking, his tailor may be held to account for his awkwardness in moving, but Mr. La Roque will be held personally responsible for his awkwardness in the fine passion. Ritchle Ling, who plays the husband, was formerly an opera singer. Mr. Ling, it is to be hoped, will soon again be an opera singer...
...Basing their operations on the large number of writers that he mentioned in his lectures, they were conducting a lottery, selling tickets numbered from 1 to 100 at 10? each. Holder of the ticket which tallied with Professor Babbitt's total for the day would win the sweepstakes, minus 10% commission to the promoters.* The average number of writers the professor mentioned was 47. But one day he set a record: 73 quotations, from writers so various as St. Paul, Confucius, Dante, Walter Lippmann...
...York Central: Boston & Albany, Rutland (minus the Rouses Point-Ogdensburg line...
While inspecting the Citadel of Belgrade, H. R. H. Princess Chichibu of Japan found herself minus a costly, antique jeweled collar...
...beaches of the Crimea as "nude mixed bathing" (TIME, Dec. 22) This is perhaps partially true. But it would be a mistake to lead the sensitive readers of TIME into believing that a Soviet bathing beach is sort of glorified American bathing beach (with couples all jumbled up together) minus those essential superficialities, such as bathing suits, on which our great civilization is founded. The most popular bathing beaches in the Crimea are at Yalta and at Sevastopol. The undersigned had the honor four months ago to sun himself with "the only Russians who smile" on both of them. "Mixed...