Word: richness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...there to inspect his plant. One of the hosts, Publisher Carl C. Council arranged to have his Durham Herald City Editor Bob Mason interview President Hill after the festivities. City Editor Mason appeared, was given no interview, carried away only an impression of a flashily-dressed man in a rich brown suit, bright red tie and pocket handkerchief, cowboy hat. He returned to his office, wrote that President Hill "looks more like a circus barker than a millionaire." Next day distraught citizens had visions of angry President Hill building no more warehouses in Durham, perhaps even moving American Tobacco operations...
...entertainment, the story is pleasant enough to follow. All things considered, Mr. Taylor acts convincingly as the rich young wastrel who, after causing one death through his wilfullness, falls in with the Douglas philosophy and, reforming, saves a second life which he might also have wasted through the same wilfullness. More specifically, he becomes the famous eye doctor who restores the sight of female interest and chief stooge Irene Dunne when everyone had said it was impossible...
...throughout the U. S. students of the arts last week were gathering for a pleasant series of conferences on the cinema. In these courses no examinations were to be given, and no marks: all the "students" had to do was sit and look. Material for the course was the rich store of reprinted films (dating from 1895) gathered for the film library of Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art by Cinemarchivists John E. Abbott and Iris Barry (his wife). For rental of their films, the museum charged $125 for 5 series of programs, $40 for a single program...
...students were handpicked by Professor Abbott, include: two film critics; an illuminator of manuscripts: three C. C. N. Y. undergraduates; Dr. Hermogenes Garavito, up from Colombia to get tips on the foundation of a film industry by his government; a rich girl, and (Most Attentive Student) the Rev. John J. McClafferty, executive secretary of the National Legion of Decency...
...resigned poverty and fired by his employer, the inventor throws the switch of the star-wagon, and is instantly transported to the year 1902, when he met and married Martha. Resolved to rectify his mistakes, he says no to his heart, makes a practical match with a rich girl, amasses a fortune. His wife betrays him, associates force him into dishonest stock manipulations, he longs for the sweet girl Martha, drowns his sorrows in drink. When he cannot stand this second choice life any longer, he remembers his time-machine hidden in the attic. Zipped back into his former life...