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Word: models (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...clouds-silly old thing", he had critical independence. An observer who called English trees "old Victorian ladies going perpetually to church in a land where it is always Sunday afternoon," he was more whimsy-realistic than imaginative. An artist who, to fasten the attention of a restless, primitive Spanish model (Dancer Carmencita), painted his nose red and ate his cigar, he had ingenuity, humor. An erect, burly, bearded man who waited days to cool off before thrashing an abusive farmer, _ he was gentle, temperate, poised, just. A portraitist who could block out, build up, polish and accent an oil masterpiece...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NON-FICTION: John Sargent | 7/11/1927 | See Source »

...produced by the Ford Motor Co. as having for standard equipment a self-starter, five wire wheels, speedometer, windshield wiper, gasoline gauge, oil gauge, dash light, Houdaille shock absorbers and four-wheel brakes; 34-h.p. engine; gearshift transmission; 104-inch wheel base; selling-price from $450 for the touring model, to $490 for the Fordor sedan and coup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: New Ford, New Rumors | 7/4/1927 | See Source »

Rumored Name. One rumor has the new Ford model named "Edison," after Thomas Alva Edison, one of Henry Ford's few close friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: New Ford, New Rumors | 7/4/1927 | See Source »

...Secret Studio (Olive Borden, Clifford Holland) is a room in the guts of the slums, where Artist Larry Kane paints beauteous model Rosemary with lust in his eye. The hero destroys the painting, thrashes the artist, marries the girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Pictures: Jun. 27, 1927 | 6/27/1927 | See Source »

...onetime success is like reading last year's almanac. It is not ancient enough to be antique or new enough to be curious, or great enough for the decades. It is just faded. There are offered in stock: 1) an artist, married but fascinated by his model, 2) a wife, married to the artist and ready to "fight for him," 3) a model, beautiful but not for long. In the end the artist comes back home. Most interest attaches to Miss Anglin, who, dedicated in the past to the Greek tragedy in outdoor theatres, brings an austere recitation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Jun. 27, 1927 | 6/27/1927 | See Source »

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