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Word: napoleon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Thee I Sing. An early scene in the play represented the campaign headquarters of Mr. Wintergreen, candidate for the U. S. Presidency. When he jilted the winner of a beauty contest, who turned out to be "the illegitimate daughter of an illegitimate son of an illegitimate nephew of Napoleon," the bishop's pulse remained about normal. Then the French Ambassador, represented as a fidgety little dolt, approached President Wintergreen (William Gaxton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Bishop & Gag | 2/22/1932 | See Source »

...inspiration is not patriotism but a mere thirst for power. Hitler himself is depicted as shrewd and clever. He has discovered the power which he possesses of swaying the masses by his eloquence and through this quality makes his appeal to emotion and not to reason. A worshipper of Napoleon, and an imitator of Mussolini, Hitler lacks the brilliance and strength of character to be either...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIMSON BOOKSHELF | 2/20/1932 | See Source »

Under the general direction of Miss E. M. Smaill, the Harvard Dramatic Club players have been casted as follows: Cort, a sub-lieutenant; Meyer, Napoleon; and Sedgwick, Guiseppe. In providing the Wellesley course with members of Harvard's stage forces, the Harvard Dramatic Club held trials for those interested, and the resulting names were selected for the parts as indicated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THREE HARVARD MEN ACT IN THEATRICALS AT WELLESLEY | 2/19/1932 | See Source »

Flea Cousin Charlie has been taught to push about an infinitesimal ball. Flea Napoleon trudges along with a small wire cannon in tow. Flea Reuben tugs a roller. Prompted with a bit of broom straw, Napoleon, Reuben and Cousin Charlie are encouraged to race. There are, in addition, six dancing fleas. Rudolf from Hapsburg operates a tiny carousel, but one suspects that the Professor's favorite is "Caesar and his Roman chariot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Play in Manhattan: Feb. 15, 1932 | 2/15/1932 | See Source »

...Building, the new headquarters of the Dramatic Club, this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Miss Edith M. Smaill, of the department of speech at Wellesley, and F. C. Parker '20, assistant professor of Public Speaking at Harvard, will make the selections. The parts to be filled are those of Napoleon, "the man of Destiny"; Guisseppe, a landlord; and a sub-lieutenant, aide to Napoleon. The character of Napoleon is too well known to need description. Guiseppe is a swarthy, vivacious, shrewdly, cheerful, black-curled, bullet-headed man of 40, who is an excellent host...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD MEN TRY OUT FOR WELLESLEY PARTS | 2/8/1932 | See Source »

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