Word: pascal
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...philosophy or moralizing, except for the rationalizing in which any normal man might indulge when unexpectedly surprised in a bedroom with his lithesome stenographer; this bedroom is--as it should be--the center around which the action of the play revolves. It is in this fatal bedroom that Warren Pascal is caught when his fiancee and her brother unexpectedly arrive; poor Warren with admirable technique had just lured his sparrow-brained stenographer in there with a bribe of lingerie, when suddenly all his fun is spoiled and his engagement ruined into the bargain. But Warren...
...work on the movements of the planets, of Gesner's natural history, and of Agricola's De Re Metallica, and these will be brought out for the benefit of the public. One of Mercator's early atlases, will be included. From the seventeenth century, works by Galileo, Kepler, Napier, Pascal, and Newton have been chosen; and from the eighteenth, Priestly, Cuvier, Lamarck, Laplace and Linnaeus...
...Lloyd McKin Garrison Prize of $175 has been divided between Stanislas Pascal Franchot '32, of Boston, for his poem "Prelude to the Twilight of the West" and James Rufus Agee '32, of Rockland, Maine, for his group of poems. Both men will get silver medals. Honorable mention goes to C. L. Sultzberger '34, R. M. Hatch '33, and Keith Martin...
Copperplate engravings as well as woodcuts were used as illustrations in printed books. Several such books are shown. Pascal, "Henrici II ... Elogium" contains an engraved portrait by Delanne, and Aldus, "Vita di Cosimo de'Medici", Bologna, 1586, is illustrated with engravings by Carracci...
...mistress, who is not a designing wench but a loyal devotee, observes his quandary, thinks to solve it. by taking poison. Poison fails to kill her. The last reel shows Clive Brook at home again, solemnly celebrating Christmas with his wife and children. Adapted from Ernest Pascal's novel and play The Marriage Bed, the picture adds up as a sincere and thoughtful if somewhat superficial sermon on the sanctity of marriage and the insignificance of escapade. Typical shot: Juliette Compton saying "Don't let me die!" to Clive Brook just after taking the poison. Delicious (Fox). Pictures in which...