Word: romeos
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Caucasian is indeed more fortunate than the American. The worst of his matrimonial evils was the fluctuation of market value due to monopoly control, but the American has to contend with a greater evil, one that defies government interference. This iniquity, the Economist calls cutthroat competition. Surely, the American Romeo, who engages in this sort of financial competition with his rivals when the supply of Romeos is great and that of Juliets small, would prefer to hand over 25, 30, or even 50 dollars to the bride's father as a cheap...
...leisure moments the late King dabbled, like many another monarch, in the arts. Two plays of famed poet William Shakespeare first appeared in Siamese over his name as translator. They were Romeo and Juliet and The Merchant of Venice...
...know in his wide travels as a diplomat. The Dancing Girl of Shamahka involves the racial pride of Tartars suckled in a dizzy nest among Caucasian crags. The Illustrious Magician: wifely devotion, the burning quest of gaunt dervish and the dilemma of a thorougbred Mussulman. The Love of Kandahar: Romeo and Juliet among the haughty, feudmaking Afghans. They are keen-edged tales, scabbarded in language of bygone elegance, glinting fine irony...
This year was the first time that La Colon had been operated as a municipal opera. Opening with Falstaff the present repertoire included Manon, La Boheme, Romeo and Juliet, Parsifal,-excuses for every summersault possible to Argentine emotions. Said Senor Al-vear, Argentine President, present on the opening night: "I am glad that Falstaff is back...
...stage is not utterly overcome yet, however," continued Miss Cowl "In this age of Jazz-parties, it is an excellent commentary upon our country that such a play as 'Romeo and Juliet' may have such a reception as I can vouch for. But it is a rare thing, that reception. And circumstances are making these successes fewer and fewer...