Word: much
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...from the White House to the Senate with Mr. Garrett's went two other names that caused much less elation. One was Irvine Luther Lenroot, onetime (1918-27) Wisconsin Senator, to sit also on the Customs Appeals bench; the other, Henry H. Classic, Maryland Democrat and once a very much abused U. S. Tariff Commissioner, to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia...
...stark staccato of the new school. These make for cloudiness but the play frequently transcends its uncertainty with moments of eerie suspense. And the dia log is often shot through with a fine fire of poetry. It is played against elemental backgrounds designed by Lee Simonson which do much to soften its rough edges...
...Educated in the ordinary primary and secondary schools open to every child in France. Then four university years at Lille and Paris, majoring in English and graduating with a B. A. English instructor at a Paris lycée or high school. Marriage. Instructor of Phonetics at the Sorbonne. Much poorly paid writing of text books in collaboration with his wife. War. Served all four years as interpreter to a British artillery regiment. Then the great, unexpected appointment as Chief Interpreter to the Paris Peace Conference, the chance of a lifetime which turned a brittle, impecunious professor into the confidant...
...King Alfonso. As long as the King supports de Rivera, he will remain in power. But the moment when the King refuses to support him further, the dictator will be doomed and the regime will fall. It is to be doubted whether the King can afford to support him much longer...
Tennis elders did not waste much time shaking their heads over the defeat of William Tatem Tilden II in straight sets in the finals of the Brooklyn Heights indoor invitation tennis tournament last week, his first competition since his reinstatement as an amateur. Instead, all eyes were on his conqueror, John Van Ryn, now definitely a Davis Cup hope. Van Ryn, who ranks sixth in the land, not only defeated No. 1 Tilden but also No. 2 Francis T. Hunter in the course of the week...