Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Until the day of universal peace on earth good will toward men return engagements of that most excellent film "All Quiet on the Western Front" will be apropos and decidedly timely. Without overstating the power of the screen it is safe to say that a viewing of this picture cannot fail to inspire a decided conviction that no matter what the issue, settlement by war is not worth the price. "All Quiet on the Western Front", is more than good peace propaganda, it is very good screen drama. It is stronger and more effective than recent anti-war-films because...
...like casting pearls before swine. The amenities of international relations demand the attempt, but the sons of Marianne place no faith in its success. Rhetoric may be useful, but only when supported by bayonets. Adroitly M. Laval mentioned Italy and, in the next paragraph, Austria. Then followed a few quiet words in reference to Russia, along with a declaration of the peace-loving, disinterested attitude of France. Very subtly, the foreign minister concluded: "All those who are interested in the Eastern pact have been or will be again called on to make it known whether they intend...
...nanny, Miss Kate Fox: "I wouldn't say she was very good or very naughty as a child. But she was unusually beautiful and sweet natured. She will be a happy woman when all this celebrating is over and she and the Duke can enjoy the peace and quiet of their honeymoon at Himly Hall...
...Werfel gave the word a new and heroic significance. In The Forty Days of Musa Dagh he recited an Armenian epic founded on an actual incident of the World War. Humanizing one more bloody no-man's-land, this 817-page novel immediately takes its place, with All Quiet on the Western Front and The Case of Sergeant Grischa, as one of the War's big books...
From Groton, of which he was a graduate, and where he taught under Endicott Peabody '83, Dr. Thayer went as headmaster to St. Marks in 1894. For 36 years his school was known for the effectiveness of its headmaster, a quiet man, sympathetic and friendly. Always himself conservative, he was liberal to acknowledge the views of others and quick to recognize progress when it came...