Word: seene
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...considerable work at Mr. Smart's request toward a magazine he had originally conceived. But I must decline any responsibility, either as an editor or contributor, for whatever Ken turns out to be. This is not a criticism of the magazine. I haven't seen it. I haven't the slightest idea what it is going to be like. . . . This is merely a declination of an honor I do not deserve, if it should turn out that the first issue of Ken is a great success, which I hope it will be. But I had no hand...
...potent economic prestidigitator. He has kept on for so many years pulling steel and cannon out of the hat of virtually busted Germany, that what he can do with a Greater Germany, now not quite so busted by reason of the addition of Austria, simply remains to be seen. Dr. Schacht took Austria's gold last week as a matter of course and no Austrian protest was recorded...
...closest the old Grand National had ever seen. In the last few strides Battleship-eleven years old, a 40-to-1 shot- won by little more than the elegantly arching nose which makes him look like his great father. Racegoers will have good reason to remember that victory because...
...bashfulness of a Milquetoast. When he is complimented on speaking English well, he explains: "I picked it up on my travels." His English had its stiffest test when, on his way back from an Australian tour, he was asked to explain skating to a Ceylon reporter who had never seen ice except in highballs...
...exhibition arranged with the aid of Jean de Brunhoff's widow and his brother, Michel, the Paris editor of Vogue. Priced from $25 to $100, these bland, lively and unworldly little drawings, colored with surprising delicacy, made the most successful show of its kind Manhattanites have seen in many...