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Word: objectionable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Possibly the only objection one could find to "Carnival in Flasders" is that there are traces of drama in the beginning which mislead one, for the whole thing turns into high comedy. Jacques Feyder's direction is well paced and takes full advantage of every situation, but the semi-serious...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 11/6/1936 | See Source »

Edda, Countess Ciano once swam two miles out to a warship her father was about to inspect, climbed aboard and made for the Dictator in the guise of a dripping mermaid. For this unseemly conduct she at once received a vigorous verbal dressing-down. High-spirited Edda promptly did a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Dictators' Five Points | 11/2/1936 | See Source »

While Pennsylvania is the traditional Central rival, the two roads stood shoulder to shoulder on the question of the 2?-per-mile passenger fare, regarding B. & O.'s support of the rate reduction as nothing less than traitorous. New York Central's objection to B. & O.'s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Freight Forwarding | 11/2/1936 | See Source »

Strong objection to cremation on religious grounds comes from Orthodox Jews. The Roman Catholic Church also objects to cremation. Protestant denominations generally do not object. The Unitarian Church, however, is the only one which positively approves. Reads its new service book: "The growing practice of cremation is to be commended...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Business of Death | 9/28/1936 | See Source »

Achievement of such hefty circulation in a specialized field was a story of expert magazine promotion. From the start Publisher Hecht gave his magazine quasi-official status by allying it with Columbia University's Teachers College, with Yale, with the Universities of Iowa and Minnesota. A platoon of "advisory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: 370,000 Parents | 9/28/1936 | See Source »

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