Word: renders
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Ariadne. There is a distinct suspicion among the cynics that, had this piece been produced by anyone else but the Theatre Guild, it would have stumbled and swiftly disappeared. Yet that extraordinary organization has managed to polish it up smartly, cast it astutely and render it, in general, entertaining...
With examples like these the campaign cannot fail of success. One more amendment to the Constitution will help render law-enforcement more nearly impossible. A new sort of bootlegger will arise, who, after saluting his customer with a knowing wink, will offer "A carton of pre-war Luckies, toasted and aged in the wood--genuine stuff, best on this side of the Atlantic...
...spite of the fact that we have been handicapped by the lack of ice for the last two weeks," declared Coach Denisha, "I expect the team to be back in form and able to render a telling account of itself by Saturday night...
...this feature of the act particularly noteworthy. Other members of the club are also being counted on for specialty performances in this act, among them being Donald Frothingham '27, J. L. Keleher '27 and A. H. Stafford '26, Frothingham and Keleher are team-mates on the piano and will render a number of selections together, while Stafford will display his already famous abilities as a prestidigitator. With this considerable variety of talent, which is expected, the second act promises to be more like a grand revue than a musical comedy...
...most amazing item in this balance sheet is that of the Pacific (commonly called ''South Sea") Islands. Most of this comparatively unknown development has occurred in the Dutch East Indies. Unfortunately, the aboriginal character of these populations render the value of a "conversion" doubtful; and most leaders of missionary enterprise are frank to say in effect: "Better one Chinaman or Jap than fifty Islanders." And working-over the figures as a whole, missionary generals reflect that their banners wave more brightly over dusky people with a low order of indigenous culture than they do in the ancient sunlight...