Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...evening of research at the dinner table, it has been decided the facial postures of Drenchers Litvinoff and Eden (TIME, Nov. 22, p. 21) are not due to any political, social, or cultural affiliations of either, but rather to the stage of tea drinking reached by each. It would seem that "Red Litvinoff" is on his first cautious sip from a full cup of tea while "Tory Eden" is draining the dregs. Let TIME'S Editor try and finish a cup of tea without putting his nose into...
...LIFE, but I try it and I do like Medicine and Miscellany. The only thing I don't like about TIME is the way it is written. What I mean by this is the words you use. All of them are so long you don't seem to take consideration of kids like me who aren't quite as smart...
...What a queer feeling when from the windows of your apartment you hear the roar of a Chinese plane-hear the Japanese anti-air craft guns- see the red and white tracer bullets some of which seem to be coming in your direction-to see the searchlight of the Japanese ships trying to pick up the plane and later actually seeing the Chinese plane not over 250 yd. from your apartment...
Lamenting that "Undergraduates at Harvard more than any other university seem to find social contacts beyond the college walls difficult to arrange," the investigators add: "One may seek release with the stenographers and manicurists that he finds at the Normandie or Raymor...
Jack Buchanan breezes through the role of the doubly devoted husband. He sings his songs without raising his voice; he scarcely gets up to do his dances. His insouciance and absent-mindedness seem very real, and make of him a most likeable comic hero. Evelyn Laye, his English wife, retains her dignity and quiet charm even through the clowning required of her, and does some expert singing to boot. Adele Dixon, conspicious for the daring of her gowns, manages to capture a respectable French accent, French raciness, and French contempt for British beefsteak...