Word: smiling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Like the late great Victor Herbert. Composer Romberg, usually teamed with Oscar Hammerstein II, has rarely received worthy support from his lyricist. Setting no record for originality, Lyricist Hammerstein begins the chief serenade of May Wine: Out of a smile that I found in your eye, I built a dream...
...Mortimer grinned down from the driver's seat. A few yards farther on Phyllis Oakes rolled off the car which sped away. Rushed by her sister to a hospital, Miss Oakes died while friends remarked that only the day before she had written a poem on Death entitled Smile. A capable secretary, she had worked regularly for second-string Novelist Dorothy Brandon (Beau Regard...
...peaceful nation. From peaceful Admiral Tamm they went to Gertrud Wettergren, sleek, dark-haired Swedish contralto who is shortly to make her debut at the Metropolitan Opera. Mme Wettergren was nervously crossing her fingers, knocking on wood. Perfunctorily the reporters wished her luck, whereupon she flashed a wide smile, presented her back, said "Kick...
...face, almost wooden, sometimes lights up in a crooked smile. Prone to swearing a good deal in a quiet, pleasant way, he never loses his temper, though he is a martinet about detail. When he is in command, his ship must be spotless, his men equally neat. In only one respect is he himself lax-his beard, which is fast-growing, heavy. Hating to shave, he has tried all types of razor, has lately returned to an old-fashioned straightedge...
...There is no merit in the fact that I forgive this girl. How could a Christian do otherwise? Forgiveness is as natural as the sunrise, or the smile of a little child...