Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...from the different predictions made it is clear that no one has any real idea of who will turn out to be the winner. All four of the competing colleges certainly have at least a good fighting chance to win; and between two of them most of the prognosticators seem to be about spilt...
...surgeon finished probing through his nose and throat, cutting out follicular tissue about his tonsils, Baritone Nelson Eddy elatedly squealed, "Doc, you're making a soprano out of me," broke into Ol' Man River. Gargled he, dancing a jig and forgetfully swallowing the throat wash: "It may seem ironical that a featured singer on a throat remedy radio program [Vick's] must have his throat attended to. ... I am reluctant to say that I am going to have four notes more range and . . . twice the volume...
...Chicago's big First National Bank, of which his good friend the late Melvin Alvah ("Mel") Traylor was president. Busby's will set up a trust for his widow and two children, gave the executor full power to sell any property "upon such terms as ... may seem desirable." President Traylor, who assumed direct supervision of the estate, was thus supposedly empowered to buy for as well as sell from a big portfolio of stocks without court order...
...bared frequently with the desired effect, and the delicately ethereal effect of her appearance in the last scene is nothing short of great acting. Opposite her is Robert Taylor as handsome Armand Duval is convincing in the most tortuous windings of their love affair. Only occasionally did he seem a trifle stolid and remind us of his Pomona College years...
...Madeleine ridiculing Dick with an idyllic all night frolic thrown in between, marries the two through the martyrdom of Miss Faye, and winds up with a wedding breakfast in a wheel-less dining car. The thing is rollicking enough, but falls a little short of what the material would seem to permit...