Word: personally
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...three best of these anonymous works will be selected by the judges, and will be read in person, or by deputy, at the Poetry Tournament in Boston, on May 1. The golden rose will then be presented for possession until the next annual competition...
...There were more than 5,000 people turned away, nine of whom took their disappointment so ill-humoredly that they were arrested for being disorderly. There were those who offered $100, $150 for a seat, one man who paid $25 for admission to stand. And through it all, a person who did not seem to lose her head was the girl with the voice that was creating all the excitement, the girl who had provided the daily press with one of the best human-interest stories of the year?the new prima donna, 19-year-old Marion Nevada Talley...
...favored delegates. There were speeches and a silver plaque presented by W. Frank Gentry in behalf of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. There were pressmen thirsty for new paragraphs to spin out their human interest story. Was she thrilled? No, she was a thrill-less person, she guessed. Had she been frightened? No. How did she feel now that it was all over? Why just about the same as she did before...
...Hamsun?Knopf ($2.50). The chronicles of Sirilund fishing village are still-life sketches beside Hunger and Segelfoss Town and Growth of the Soil. But Hamsun, pride of Norway, is a man to read thoroughly. This sequel to Benoni is named for Rosa because it is told in the first person by a young student that came to Sirilund just after her divorce was arranged, just before she married Benoni Hartvigsen. He is homely and humble, this student, and loves Rosa inevitably. Is she not the only beautiful thing in that village of drying fish and stuffy sitting rooms...
...false scent. Usually plot is an excellent thing in itself for it makes up for any deficiencies of setting. But where atmosphere and setting are sufficiently powerful to reach the imagination of the audience, then it is better to tell the tale without flourishes. "Moana" gives each person in the audience a chance to slip down in his chair and dream his own dreams, with Polynesia unrolling a fairy land before his eyes...