Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Mahatma protested less, the art world would almost certainly have accepted him sooner. Not until 1932 did dealers and critics pierce his smoke screen of self-publicity, discover that his naive, whimsical paintings were worthy of serious attention. For a song, dealers then snapped up his lush romantic landscapes, his pictures of Samoa, his moonlit fantasies, his strange nude "nymphs" bathing in improbable streams. These have since sold at high prices, while Eilshemius went in want. Last week his three Manhattan dealers agreed to cut him in on a percentage of future sales...
...Serious, handsome Jay C. got Professional Songwriter Harry Harris (collaborator in the current hit: Baby Me), told him what he wanted. Last week he had it: a baleful ditty, words and music by Harris, fervent approval by pop-eyed Songster Eddie Cantor, title by Hormel...
...victim Handsome Dan IV. English bulldog mascot of the Yale football team, rallied sharply late last night, and veterinarian Dr. S. Johnes gave the dog an even chance to pull through. Suffering from a serious paralysis of his posterior extremities, Dan was given slight hope in earlier dispatches from New Haven...
...Some are in the kindergarten stage and others are extremely advanced; all are serious in their work. The difficulties of a Chinese studying German in a class conducted in English are terrific," Cloud points...
...expert's opinion was that the quake must have been in some deserted spot, for as yet there had been no reports of any serious damage nor were there likely...