Word: rewarding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Patrick Henry and James Otis and Thomas Paine felt and spoke about George III. . . . However, I am ready to admit that some of the more recent English kings have been rather good fellows, in some respects. Edward VII had the decency to protest against the Oath against Transubstantiation. In reward for his courage in that matter, he died a Catholic. Having made that point-blank statement, perhaps I had better add that I will not enter into any controversy on the matter. But I have direct, authentic reliable inside information on the matter which I could not as a journalist...
...Depression threatened the Metropolitan she undertook another role, became chairman of the tin-cup campaign for which she was roundly publicized as "the savior of the opera." As an active worker for the Opera Guild she has continued to drum up trade for the Metropolitan. Last spring as a reward for all her efforts she was appointed to the Metropolitan's board of directors, made a member of the advisory management committee, both of which positions she intends to retain...
...Sweden's Gertrud Wettergren, who proved herself a sure singing actress, strode the stage regally as Amneris in Aïda, personified devotion when she sang Brangäne in Tristan and Isolde. One of the season's highlights was when Wettergren sang Carmen (in Swedish), her reward for standing by to pinch-hit for Rosa Ponselle. The U. S. soprano worked like a demon to impersonate the Spanish gypsy. Box-officially she succeeded but critics were unimpressed...
...FORTUNE for January, World Peaceways' advertisement pictured a disabled veteran resting in his wheel chair beneath the headline: HELLO, SUCKER. Continued the advertisement: "Yes, we know it's cruel ... he went to war. And behold his reward...
...Allan Dafoe. Twentieth Century's Producer Darryl Zanuck is noted for his knack of patching stories out of histories and headlines. The Country Doctor is thus far the most convincing proof of his abilities in this direction. It is a warmhearted, amusing and astonishingly skillful cinema which should reward its manufacturers as handsomely as it will entertain its audiences...