Word: passion
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...went to Moscow to do daring things. I have a passion for jewelry. Everyone knows it. I make no defense of it. I wore the Hope diamond in Moscow because it once belonged to Catherine the Great. This was the first time it had been to Russia since it escaped her possession. That in itself was irritating, yet I wanted to see what would be the reaction of present-day Russians...
...Cake, As Thousands Cheer, Ziegfeld Follies. He has found time to tour Sweden, visit his father in Moscow, have a fling at Hollywood, build the sets for the London production of Waltzes from Vienna. He also did the sets for Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur's new cinema, Crime Without Passion...
Oldsters were pleased to learn, however, that young passion is not wholly dead. The author of "Kisses," who submitted 27 other poems, cried out: As the powerful wind pushes the cliffs And polishes down the canyons, Tears from sage and greasewood Their sharp and bitter odor, Flings sand in fiendish figures-I-thrill! I am mad! I am here! Take me-wild-drunk with delight...
Under cross examination Premier Brownlee admitted taking Miss MacMillan for motor rides and said he kissed her good-by when leaving town but stoutly denied "kisses of passion." According to Miss MacMillan she never loved the Premier despite her repeated surrenders but "there was always a deep respect on my part...
Taking off in the dead of night, Chancellor Hitler flew from Bonn to Munich where he arrived at 4 a. m. He accused Storm Troop leaders of treacherously plotting a coup against himself, brandished General Göring's proofs under their noses, flew into a passion and tore the Nazi insignia off their brown uniforms. S. S. troops with machine guns meanwhile bottled up the S. A. leaders in Chancellor Hitler's trap. Then leaping into a car the Chancellor dashed for queer Captain Roehm's luxurious snuggery...