Word: nicely
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...lovers, all are excellent in the reproduction of Negro dialect and children's prattle. None is profound or disturbing, keeping the level of a quiet humor. The critics. The New York Times: " It is as if Mr. Tarkington kept a day book of observations-drawn from a very nice neighborhood." Robert Cortes Holiday: "Mr. Tarkington seems to present himself as a rather playful neurologist. Something like a scientific interest may be discerned running through the collection." The Author. Booth Tarkington is one of the first representatives of the Hoosier school of fiction. His books rarely stray from scenes...
...Many nice legal points are involved in such an agreement. The French view with alarm the proposed con cessions to an American concern which, as they state, would operate to the disadvantage of French interests. In Anatolia the French Government acquired important concessions from former Ottoman governments, and they still regard these as belonging to their own peculiar province. The Matin concludes: "Is there a change in favor of American projects? It is essential that we know that before the resumption of negotiations at Lausanne...
China has, of course, never ratified the treaty of 1915 and as a corollary she now bases her protest on "forcible restraint." This question of duress is in itself a nice point; much can be said both pro and con. As a matter of strict fact, China has never ratified agreements and concessions to foreign powers since she became a republic, a little over eleven years ago. That is an important factor in the argument...
...even greater value to those who for one reason or another have missed the original presentation. The plays selected for this volume are all Broadway successes of recent date. Probably the most interesting is Eugene O'Neill's remarkable experiment, The Emperor Jones. The other four are Why Marry?, Nice People, The Hero, To the Ladies...
...Miracle Man, himself does not make the audience believe in his power. He is merely a nice old man with ideas. And the criminals in their turn, as they one by one fall under the healer's magic spell, never seem to do more than move the plot toward the inevitable happy ending. George Cohan has written too many musical comedies to write a convincing play...