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...writing pot boilers, immersed in smoke, eclipsed by coffee. Perhaps "La Menage de Garcon" was one of the potboilers. One of the better potboilers. One cannot be sure when he sees the novel through at least three mediums plus Otis Skinner. "The Honor of the Family", born a bon mot, dies a cliche. One must, however, respect the dead. Mr. Skinner, Miss Jessie Royce Landis are very kind pall-bearers. But why the funeral...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 10/7/1926 | See Source »

...mot! No apologies!" said Albert, King of Belgians, and let in the royal clutch, "you did right to stop me. Mais je suis un peu en retard. I must hurry. I am late for work. Au revoir...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIUM: C'est Interditr | 8/16/1926 | See Source »

...sure, anything that called for an immediate copyright. But still, The Crime is never very funny, and the editors could not be blind to the fact that the Radcliffe contributions were well above their usual standard. A mot, for instance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN: Wit | 11/16/1925 | See Source »

...modernist? But no, I am not a modernist. That is a debauched term (mot compromisé). The modernists set out to shock the bourgeoisie, and they only succeed in pleasing the Bolsheviki. My music is neither 'futurist' nor 'passéist,' but the music of today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Conductor | 1/19/1925 | See Source »

...Berlin despatch represented Dutch newspapers as terrified to give currency to the following tale, said to be common property and mot du jour in the Netherlands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NETHERLANDS: Juliana | 12/8/1924 | See Source »

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