Word: reapings
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...play itself is not the gold mine "Caprice" was. Starting with an over-whelming idea--the saga of a man with a clairvoyant gift that enables him to reap riches in business. Mr. Behrman seemed to flounder, to be a little uncertain of his way. This was particularly evident in the second act. The details are revealing, little turns of character are brought out with subtlety and grace, but it is in the larger strokes, the rhythms and counter-rhythms, the transitions from one scene to another, that one feels an ineptitude that, but for Philip Moclier's unobtrusive direction...
...Russia, peasants in good Soviet standing work seized lands as "collective farms." In Italy "Fascist Syndicates" will sow and reap confiscated estates...
...eventual sale of the U. S. book rights only to Harcourt Brace, leaves M. Clemenceau free to dicker with bidders for the U. S. serial rights and other rights abroad. He may yet reap more than...
...long ago tried "passive resistance," refused to sow more than enough grain for their personal needs. But ruthless Dictator Joseph Stalin is outsmarting the peasants with a policy called "Confiscation & Collectivization." Last week he celebrated "Collectivization Day" while mujiks glowered and grumbled. When a peasant does not sow and reap on all his land it may be confiscated by the Government, proclaimed a "collectivist farm," and thereafter worked by communized cultivators who may or may not include the former owner. Last week the Government announced that 3% of all peasant farms in Russia have been thus collectivized. Five million communized...
...celebrated French economist, Andre Siegfried, who points out meaningly that Europe has become strong enough to retaliate against unduly high tariff measures. The analysis of Professor Taussig together with the intimations from France suggest that the present Congress has been busy sowing seeds which another generation will reap...