Word: personable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Senators will see, tripping politely up to their august rostrum, a slim person in her early 30's, with bright blond hair and a ready smile. Lola Williams got on in the world by cultivating a small potato patch of her own in a corner of the family farm; later by selling newspaper subscriptions. She reached Washington in 1918, a trained secretary looking for a job. The War Department took her in as a clerk until Senator Curtis found her. Now she is queen Secretary of the whole vast capitol...
Meanwhile one of the 73 plotters was discovered in New York in the person of suave Octavio Seigle, founder of the Cuban Nationalist Party, now prudently selfexiled. Mario Seigle, a brother of Octavio, is general manager of the Chase National Bank in Havana. Francis, another brother, is president of the Banco del Comercio...
...Conductor Krauss carried the latest novelty from Vienna, a specially constructed suitcase of aluminum and steel to hold music. Customs officers, prodding through his possessions, caused him annoyance by discovering some 250 dutiable cigars. Friends soothed him with the assurance that among Philadelphia's concertgoers is many a person able, alert and eager to send a distinguished new guest conductor some good cigars...
...testimonial dates back to advertising's patent medicine era. Familiar in the old days was the tale in which an ailing person, having "taken two bottles of your marvelous remedy," was quickly restored to blooming health. Later, as the conscience of advertisers and the standards of publishers improved, testimonials declined. It was probably the much discussed Pond's Cream series, featuring endorsements from Marie of Rumania and many another celebrity, which marked the return of the testimonial to advertising's most polished circles. Outstanding current examples of testimonial campaigns are the advertising of Pond's Cream...
...stage. All sense of tempo, a quality which has been highly developed lately, is completely lost due to the necessity for close-ups as the characters speak. And the last and worst sin in this production is an illogical plot which must be obvious to even the least critical person...