Word: saint
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...without any attempt at classification: "Wind, Sand and Stars," by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, is an exciting selection of reminiscences from the life of a great flier. The author's "Night Flight" will be remembered as a splendid short novel, dealing with aviation. . . "I Believe", edited and with an introduction by Clifton Fadiman. Mr. Fadiman has collected a series of personal credos from various minds of our time, ranging from H. K. Mencken to Bertrand Russell. . . . And John Sloan's "Gist of Art" is a provocative discussion of the theory and practice of art by an American painter of unquestionable...
...aide of Madame la Mar&#;chale is the famed French heroine-nurse of World War I who as Mile Georgette Saint-Paul won the Legion of Honor, Croix de Guerre with two palms and two stars, Müdaille des Epidemics, the U. S. Certificate of Merit. She is now Mrs. T. Bentley Mott, wife of the head of the American Fund for French Wounded, Colonel Mott, onetime liaison officer between Marshal Foch and General Pershing. The whole Biarritz colony, French and foreign, are exceptionally war-work-minded, last week were furiously getting truckloads of warm clothing, cigarets and sweets...
...second in the Sophomore competition, and will manage the Jayvee team. Third man in the competition was Richard M. Jackson, also of Chestnut Hill, who will be an associate manager and will also manage the Freshman team next fall. Peabody attended Melrose High, and Jackson is a graduate of Saint Palls...
...truly you look like a martyred Saint...
...Carnegie International, world's biggest competitive show of contemporary painting. In the Institute's galleries they are expertly hung by Jack Nash, a slight, nervous, white-pated ex-jockey. Once the jury of award did the hanging, but for the past 20 years Director Homer Saint-Gaudens has given the job to Jack, who pays small heed to names, more to effect. Jack has seen enough Carnegie juries in action to learn what the public never learns: what artists think of painting. Each year he employs his knowledge to guess the winner before the judges arrive. This year...