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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...poet of this book's title is D. H. Lawrence. The painters are Knud Merrild and Kai Götzsche, two strapping Danish immigrants who met Lawrence in Taos, N. M. in 1922, lived that winter with him and his wife, Frieda, in a crude ranch shack which they rented to escape Mabel Dodge (Luhan). Among the flood of memoirs-mostly by women-which have appeared since Lawrence's death in 1930, this one comes nearest to giving an objective picture of Lawrence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rare Friendship | 2/13/1939 | See Source »

...searchers combed the farm lands nearby, the bitter cold weather became too much for Foster May and he ducked into a small, lighted shack to warm up. Inside, another man was toasting himself. The man recognized May, they chatted briefly, and then May left to join the chase. Outside an idea suggested itself. Back went May and began asking pointed questions. The man stirred himself wearily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Nemesis by Air | 1/16/1939 | See Source »

...Beachcomber (Paramount) contains the most unusual cinema hero of the year. Shiftless, insolent, concupiscent Ginger Ted (Charles Laughton) makes himself a nuisance to the kindhearted controleur of the tropical Dutch island where he lives in a disreputable beach shack. He also takes pleasure in insulting a hard-working British female missionary (Elsa Lanchester*) who tries to save his soul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jan. 2, 1939 | 1/2/1939 | See Source »

...years William Schmidt has lived in a shack which is now plastered inside with magazine and rotogravure pictures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Black Mountain Tunnel | 12/12/1938 | See Source »

...ranch to get money for more tunneling. For clothing he used garments discarded by other prospectors, patched them with flour sacking. He does not smoke or chew, but takes a nip of wine occasionally. He has never, he says, been lonely. Once he came stumbling into the shack of a neighbor, shaking and bloody. "Bad cave in," he said. "Nearly got me that time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Black Mountain Tunnel | 12/12/1938 | See Source »

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