Word: proof
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Sunday-supplement lore, the Hope diamond is "accursed." When the McLeans' firstborn, Vinson Walsh McLean, was killed by an automobile, gum-chewers promptly accepted the tragedy as further proof of the diamond's "curse...
Sooner or later it was inevitable that, as autogiros came into common use, there should be crackups. Some day, no doubt, one of those accidents will cause death. The safety features which insure the 'giro against tumbling plummet-like from the sky are not supposed to be proof against every fault of piloting. Builders of the ship may well have wondered in idle moments, How serious will be the first accident to ''crash'' U. S. headlines? Who will be the pilot? A foolish stunt flyer descending into a busy street? A drunken playboy flying into the side of a skyscraper...
...Duce said that proof of all he charged was in his possession - "documentary proof." He declared that after the Italian Government suppressed all parties except the Fascist Party, members of the former Catholic Party took refuge in Azione Cattolica, soon made it political. As time passed, continued Premier Mussolini, numerous and nondescript elements hostile to Fascism have taken refuge from the Law by joining Azione, have evolved an organization which is subversive of the Italian State...
Neither State nor Church made public last week any documentary proof of anything. Blanket Fascist charges were met by blanket Papal denials...
When a good actress finds that a picture has been stolen from her it may be a tribute to her artistry as well as proof of experience. It would be inexact to say that Lionel Barrymore steals this picture from Norma Shearer, but the role of Jan Ashe is certainly less well suited to her crisp and brilliant personality than others she has played in recently (Let Us Be Gay, The Divorcee, Strangers May Kiss). Barrymore drew a fat part - his first since he decided to be a director two years ago -and made the most of it. The vogue...