Word: ruined
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...year) except for the fact the U. S. agrees to give up its Army bases on the islands. The factions having fought themselves into a compromise, all had to accept it, though nearly everyone believed that the gradual rise of the U. S. tariff against Philippine sugar would eventually ruin the islands. However, with the President's cheery words still ringing in his ears, Senor Quezon left the White House saying, "I am very happy. . . ." In far off Manila Governor General Murphy (who may soon lose his authority and change his title to "High Commissioner") announced that he would...
Fantastic stories of hidden treasures are often found in the Balkans, due to chance discoveries of ancient coins by natives. Members of the expedition were guided to many sites by peasants who had found antiquities when plowing, or who had obtained stones for building from some ancient ruin. Native traditions and correspondences in present and ancient place names were helpful to the archeologists, as was the assistance given by schoolmasters and gendarmes...
...songs, eight ultra modern dance revues combined with a series of fifteen blackouts that give promise of being the high points of the production. Interspersed with the song numbers, revues and blackouts is a romantic story involving the principals of the show. At one time, the romance threatens to ruin the show, but the clear thinking of the producer, who is George White himself, saves it and brings happiness to a pair of lovers. In addition to the cast of principals headed by Vallee, Durante, Alice Faye, Adrienne Ames, Edwards and Ratoff, the picture presents three hundred of the much...
...Rubin's solemn summation, the jury goes off-stage to bring Playwright Wexley's last curtain down with a burst of obscenely scornful laughter. A better playwright than most polemists, Playwright Wexley lost his temper in They Shall Not Die. Yet somehow his journalistic vehemence does not ruin his play. Handsomely mounted by the Theatre Guild and fervently acted by an enormous cast, it succeeds in its purpose to arouse opinions and emotions on a controversial subject...
...monopolistic unity. Rough-&-ready "Commodore" Cornelius Vander Bilt, plebeian founder of a proudly aristocratic family, trusted nobody, kept all his accounts in his head. One of his business letters: Gentlemen: You have undertaken to cheat me. I will not site you, for law takes too long. I "will ruin you. Sincerely yours, Cornelius Vanderbilt. On his deathbed he refused the bottle of champagne prescribed by the doctor, stingily demanded, ''Won't sody-water do instead?" Psalm-singing Daniel Drew, credited with inventing "watered stock" (cattle made artificially thirsty, then, to increase their weight, given all the water...