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...Greeks Had A Word For It. Although the word remains a secret to Playwright Zoe Akins, it probably has something to do with Mrs. Warren's profession. The three prime movers of the story are ladies of easy virtue who like the same kind of money. One is prudent, one is predatory, one is impulsive. They cheerfully admit being "thicker than thieves and more adventurous than the Three Musketeers." But their interests are not always common. Jean, the predatory, willowy Italian blonde, keeps stealing men away from Polaire (Muriel Kirkland), the redheaded, impulsive one. To do this Jean resorts...
...winter, prudent Germans grease and put away most of their motorcycles, store most of their cars, forcing registration down like a plummet...
...tree was so meticulously portrayed to the great melting pot. Only when a new-world brew settles into layers does it become interested in those of Ale and Stout. It then seems to limit its interest to the foam on the top. TIME therefore felt justified, or at least prudent, in devoting so much space to the Ancestry of "Pink and White...
...were the significant phases of the survey could not be said to be bullish by themselves: "1) American industry is fully carrying out the construction program forecast by them last December when the Conference met; 2) A manifest adjustment of production of goods to current consumption; 3) Continued cautious, prudent merchandising policies in retail distribution; 4) The evidence on our foreign trade problems of trade disturbances in other countries...
...vote of 265 to 150, the Reichstag last week completely revised the Defense of the Republic Act, struck out the clause forbidding Wilhelm II to enter Germany. Sulky and prudent, the whilom War lord made no move to return to Berlin...