Word: sicklied
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...most unusual characters in contemporary literature. Fleeing the vengeance of a hostile mob, he arrives in a tine settlement of Finns, living peacefully on the shore of Lake Superior in the shadow of a scowling granite face which Nature, in an angry mood, has carved on the mountainside. Sick to death of his fellowmen, he grasps at the ideal of the superman, whom no laws or conventions can touch, and seeks to raise himself to this height. The villagers are raw material for the exploitation of his new-found ideal. He lusts for the wife of his host; he plays...
...Gest Sick of Broadway Shows...
...reason I'm taking the chance is that I'm sick and tired of ordinary Broadway shows and that I hope, if a return of the good American operettas is impossible, to encourage the development of another American school of musical show...
...corps. It is a post ranking below that of Minister and above that of Charge d' Affaires. It is the title of the U. S. Representative, traditionally a Negro, at Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. It is now held by S. P. Hood of New Jersey, who is on sick leave...
...have had some experience with movie acting in France, and it makes me sick even to go into a studio," Irene Bordoni said to a CRIMSON reporter yesterday in the ornate parlor of her suite in the Touraine Hotel. The interview came as the result of a moment's backstage conversation with Miss Bordoni after the opening performance of "Naughty Oinderella," in which she is now playing in Boston. Miss Bordoni continued with that intriguing French accent which has become famous on the stage, "After I leave Boston I am going to the coast to fulfill a short contract...