Word: retained
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...twelve most glamorous women in the world" invited to a tea given by Lady Mendl in Paris for Dr. H. B. Hauser, Hollywood dietitian.* At the tea, Dr. Hauser talked about food. He accused his twelve fellow guests of "sinful eating," promised them that they "could retain their glamor for a much longer time" by eating simpler foods and more vegetables. Reported Dr. Hauser: "All were serious and the Duchess of Windsor the most interested...
...Italian border hotel on the eve of a European war. All this added up to an amusing and superficially penetrating indictment of totalitarian politics. Whenever Hollywood touches material of this sort, it stirs up a tremendous agitation about whether or not the cinema will be courageous enough to retain the meaning of the original. In the case of Idiot's Delight, this agitation was augmented by the fact that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, after almost deciding that Idiot's Delight was too dangerous to touch, finally not only made it but hired its author, Robert Sherwood, to adapt...
...squad left Wednesday for the white hills of Hanover and hopes to work in some good practice before Friday and Saturday, the days for which the various events are scheduled. The Big Green is expected to retain its crown, with the major threats to its supremacy coming from McGill, Middlebury, and possibly Harvard. At any rate, Captain Hinton and Captain Bob Johansen of McGill will bear watching...
...Used in tempera painting for "binding" pigments to retain brilliance and purity of color...
Knowing well that he would be roasted to a turn in the Senate for his tax-spend-elect slogan, but expecting to be confirmed eventually by about a 2-to-1 vote, Mr. Hopkins dived at his new job with all speed. He announced he would retain "Uncle Dan" Roper's impressive Business Advisory Council, most of whose many members are "close personal friends." He asked his specially close friend, W. Averell Harriman, board chairman of the Union Pacific Railroad Co. and also of the Advisory Council, to come to Washington as soon as convenient. He hired able Political...