Word: sordidness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Authoress Claire Goll has made a sordid story a little too true to be sordid. Enterprising Publisher Knopf has indicated the dual nature of the book, beckons two different publics by putting out The Jewel in two different jackets: one lurid, one chaste...
Capitalism+Communism=Peace? It was not that everyone suddenly realized at Geneva last week that Litvinov is a Briand. The reason why Briand himself and other League statesmen suddenly began to frown upon the bearman was a trifle sordid. In recent months the Soviet Government has been swinging more and more buying orders from the U. S. to Europe. Pleased Europe wants more. French manufacturers were fervently with M. Briand when he lauded last week "the great moderation of M. Litvinov...
...carries with it many sordid trappings, but few more obnoxious than the faulty memories of the participants. They do little to clarify issues or to reach new truth while they do much to becloud facts and to prolong old enmities...
...countrymen. Pablo Picasso may be seen in two colored etchings which are characteristic of his latest and more incomprehensible moments; George Braque and Andre Lurcat contribute to the confusion of one who would like very much to understand. On the other hand, Jules Pascin, whose career among the sordid elements of Paris closed but recently has several strange yet interesting pieces on display. Four heads by Andre Derain complete the French side of the exhibition...
...bottle of Vodka with which to wash away memory of the ugly deed. And the nobility, they carry on scandalously. Understand that this is only an impression gained of Russia which the Vagabond has created from his readings. He is a highly imaginative fellow with a passion for the sordid...