Word: remarkable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Having used the term "Lost Generation," Lewis thinks himself sufficiently justified to start a discussion of post war literature. This is him seems to have been fired by Mr. Sigfried Sassoon "in full Tallyho" mood. Somehow "the fox hunting man" suggests Eric Maria Remarque; and after some preliminary remarks about "All Quiet on the Western Front," Mr. Lewis pitches into the real interest of the modern critic, the author's life and personality. Investigation has shown him that in 1919 Remarque wore a uniform of a Lieutenant of the 91st Infantry Regiment, whereas the President of the Reichs-archiv...
...Durante, she does not have much to do except feed him a few lines. Lively Lupe Velez, having abandoned most of the Mexican accent she affected in Ziegfeld's Hot-Cha, spends most of her time shaking herself at Funnyman Durante, which calls forth from him the bitter remark: "Now they're makin' me a juvenile...
...estimating the value of the article's comments on the Lowell Bells, one should, first of all, note the brevity of the remark and secondly the noncommital nature of the adjectives. Matters "unique, interesting, and sometimes amusing," have not rarely led to a thoroughgoing revolution...
When long-jawed Mr. Roosevelt met broad-jawed Mr. Dern at a Governors' Conference in 1930, the Governor of New York chanced to remark that he thought the Governor of Utah was of "Cabinet size." Governor Dern has treasured that aside ever since as his promise of a White House seat after March 4. For a time, though, it looked as if party factionalism in Utah would keep him out. When the Dern appointment was announced last week Ormond Ewing, Democratic National Committeeman, declared: ''He won't last more than six months. I'm glad...
Your rather intelligent and sympathetic editorial on the Debating Council, printed in yesterday's issue, is marred by an unfortunate remark that "debating as a form of extra-curricular endeavor has fallen into disrepute." The remark seems a trifle strong...