Word: suspicion
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Detective Delgado noticed (and it was odd that President Machado had not noticed the ominous fact long ago), is the wife of Major Manuel Espinosa, for five and a half years aide-de-camp to the President, and commander of the palace guards. Lightning-like, the deductive flash of suspicion leaped from the plumbing plans in the Municipal Archives through the ex-Mayor, his sister and the President's aide to the soldier and the bomb. Confronted by Cuba's Philo Vance with these crushing suspicions, the soldier broke down utterly. He had acted under orders from...
...matter of critics, I'm afraid they're a rather unhappy lot. For instance, I have always had a vague suspicion that Mr. Nathan wants to act and can't. They all seem to be writing their criticisms not because they particularly want to but because they have nothing else to do. But far be it from me to advocate taking away from them this last escape mechanism. Anyway, acting is lots of fun. When the show is good, you are amused with the audience; when it is bad and they laugh anyway, you can be amused at them...
...long red scar on the back of his hand, he had the feeling that something queer was afoot. This goes to show that in a mystery story not even the hero should jump to conclusions. Still, you can hardly blame Jim (who was not overly given to suspicion), for he never laid eyes again on the scarred man till they suddenly met in a dripping cavern, in the dark. Between those two meetings Jim had plenty to think about...
Seas Beneath (Fox). Even spectators not qualified to pass on the accuracy of detail of the naval warfare shown here will have a strong suspicion that Director John Ford has romanticized. All the action is highly theatrical: a jumble of spywork, gunfire, carousal, submarine heroism, with some brilliant photography of sea-scenes. The photography is all that recommends it, for the dialog is inept and the story of the Mystery Ship sent out as decoy for a German submarine and the beautiful German spy who loves a U. S. officer but sees him kill her brother in the course...
...sporting goods concern.* First concerts never pay for themselves. All young musicians start out with patrons. But poor boys, even though patronized, succeed far better than rich ones in capturing popular imagination. Silver-spoon talent is regarded as unlikely. Albert Spalding's debut was received with a certain suspicion. Says he: "The audience seemed to expect me to come out in a baseball suit." The wise Spaldings lost little time in sizing up the situation. Father Spalding suggested that his son forego subsidized concerts, start barnstorming, play in small towns for small fees. Through Russia, at 22, Albert traveled...