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Word: romanticize (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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His acting is of the highest order. The character of Disraeli subtly, surely grows under his hands; the race for the Suez Canal passes the bounds of national interest and becomes a contest for the breathless world to watch. His scenes with Lady Beaconfield (Mrs. Arliss) are touching, without being...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cinema THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER Music | 10/26/1929 | See Source »

"Flirtation Walk" is the center of many romantic episodes. It is merely a winding path in the hills along the river, but for generations it has been just what its name implies--Flirtation Walk. In a rather secluded spot is a rock overhanging the walk. Tradition says that this rock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WEST POINT LIFE HAS ITS QUOTA OF UNIQUE CUSTOMS | 10/19/1929 | See Source »

The fact that romantic Montenegro is no longer an independent state (see above) does not prevent its royal princes, still filled with romance, from traveling under their oldtime royal titles.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YUGOSLAVIA: Banus-Banat | 10/14/1929 | See Source »

A great builder of bridges is Ralph Modjeski and honored last week with his sixth scientific medal. But, except for his own stubborn leaning to engineering and his fond mother's indulgence, he might have been a musician or actor. For his mother was the late great tragedienne Helena...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Bridge Builder Modjeski | 10/14/1929 | See Source »

In its depiction of War, the novel bears comparison with its best predecessors. But it is in the hero's perhaps unethical quitting of the battle line to be with the woman whom he has gotten with child that it achieves its greatest significance. Love is more maligned in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Man, Woman, War | 10/14/1929 | See Source »

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