Word: negroids
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...Epstein's first statue of Christ, a dignified, rather Assyrian figure in bronze, raised howls of "sacrilege." There were just as violent outbursts against his sombre Mongoloid figures on the Underground Railways building (TIME, July 22; Aug. 26, 1929) and his great marble statue of a pregnant Negroid woman known as Genesis (TIME, Feb. 16; April...
...That a Negroid nation should be menaced by spectacular Dictator Benito Mussolini highly excited the world's Negroes last week. Not only Harlem but every other darktown was on the qui vive at news from Rome that for three nights running II Duce had sat up secretly with His Grand Council, contriving who knew what against the African Majesty of cocoa-butter-colored Haile Selassie I (Power of Trinity), Emperor of Abyssinia and Conquering Lion of Judah, whose somewhat Jewish features support his boast of descent from Biblical King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Clarioned the Negro...
...Back Street. Margaret Sullavan, a young Virginia actress given the lead in Universal's most ambitious production of the season after two seasons of stock and two on the Manhattan stage (A Modern Virgin, Chrysalis), gives a fluent performance, the more remarkable because her Southern accent sounds neither negroid nor vanilla...
Another possibility, however, which is of even greater interest, is that the scene represents St. Augustine baptizing the English barbarians. This idea is brought about by the fact that the archbishop's face has rather negroid characteristics and the glass which goes to make in that area is of a dark brown color. One will recall of course, that St. Monia St. Augustine's mother, was of African extraction...
Sharply in contrast was the sophisticated style in which Tamiris interpreted primitive themes, ranging from Negroid to Spanish. Least successful was her own composition, the "Gris-Gris Ceremonial," based on African rites of propagation. Happily it was the only one in which she joined with the Bahamans. Alone, Dancer Tamiris displayed a studied, metallic style which emphasized posture rather than motion, successfully overcame the handicap huge Lewisohn Stadium places on a solo dancer. A friendly audience loudly clamored for encores. Critics who joined in the applause for Tamiris found the lusty cavorting of the Bahama dancers merely the obvious counterpart...