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Word: pleasingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Some of his aquatints of Hawaiian girls last week immediately reminded critics of Gauguin's sultry Tahiti wood carvings and oils. Unforced and simple, John Kelly's etchings proved him an able draughtsman. Hawaii visitors saw in his pictures a pleasing, accurate record of the island's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: In the Galleries | 11/5/1934 | See Source »

Metropolitan: "Judge Priest"--Will Rogers, who is rapidly becoming our favorite screen philosopher and pater familias, in a very pleasing story of life in a quiet little Kentucky hamlet where the chief topic of conversation is still the Civil War and those "damned Yankees." Anita Louise will make you wish...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Merry-go-Round | 10/23/1934 | See Source »

I know nothing of Mr. Bilbo, the subject of your editorial, neither do I know anything of Mr. Blease, or Senator Long, but I have had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Heflin, and found him to be, personally, a most pleasing gentleman, certainly a great deal more than I can...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 22, 1934 | 10/22/1934 | See Source »

In Southern California, a prime hot house for odd schemes, EPIC received its full share of attention from Theosophists, spiritualists, vegetarians. Populists, Single Taxers, Rosicrucians, crackpots, faddists and cultists of every sort. But it would not have survived a season had it not also made a strong appeal to California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: California Climax | 10/22/1934 | See Source »

Featured in the picture is the new dance which according to reports is scheduled to sweep America, following in the steps of its illustrious sire, the Carloca. "The Continental" as it is danced by Mr. Astaire and Miss Rogers will probably not be seen on many dance floors, but the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 10/16/1934 | See Source »

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