Word: momently
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that moment the conference saw a strange sight. Leaning on the arm of Viscount Curzon-was Captain Ian Fraser, a blinded young war veteran. Slowly the two moved through the 3,500 assembled Conservative delegatives to the rostrum. Then, standing sightless, Captain Fraser made a two minute speech in which he put forward a stirring plea for faith in young British womanhood...
...approaching tenth anniversary of the inauguration of the Soviet Government in Russia as the proper time to make still another prediction that the Soviet Union is headed toward disaster. No one taking note of Deterding's propaganda can escape the conviction that this is really the most inappropriate moment to make such a prediction...
...much like his earlier shows; sweet and swift and aimed at the simple public rather than the shrewd. It is all Manhattan life in tinsel musical comedy caricature. The obstreperous Ray Dooley (Mrs. Bowling) makes parts of it hilariously amusing with her squalling childlike tactics. There is one terrible moment when an actor representing Governor Alfred Emanuel Smith (whom the show booms for President) makes a speech to an orphan asylum...
With the exception of the language mentioned, Miss Hough has written a novel with no glaring faults. Neither has it any particular virtue. It is merely pleasant reading for an otherwise dull moment...
...Wait a moment, please...