Word: swifts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...because the width of their hips makes their walk an inevitable, though sometimes a graceful, waddle, have not contributed much to this imbecilic form of experimentation. Their speed upon cinders, earth, boards, is pathetic; on ice, or in the water, they do better. Last week in Pittsburgh, an unusually swift woman, Elsie Muller of Manhattan, broke the woman's indoor record for a mile on ice. Her time was 3 minutes 19 3-5 seconds...
...Northrop, Chairman, Miss Dorothy Kay; R. S. Hodgkins, Miss Mildred Corey; C. H. Mowen, Miss Marian Cleveland; F. E. Donnelly, Miss Eleanor Cross; H. L. Swift, Miss Gertrude Owens; E. A. Harding, Miss Hortense Wetherbee...
...kind of criticism Mr. Newman is talking about cannot be done on a newspaper. For a critic is essentially a person who feels and thinks; and though feeling may, on occasion, be swift enough to catch the third edition, thought takes time. The weeklies might manage some real criticism, only they...
...actor on the Continent, and used Rome for background. Jannings played Nero. Characteristically, his performance was intelligent and distinctive. He gave the Emperor a judicious mixture of viciousness and humor. Otherwise, the film was inconspicuous. There were a great many actors and a good deal of scenery, but the swift smoothness of Hollywood was lacking...
There hardly ever arises an industry, great or small, licit or illicit, which does not, in turn, give rise to other industries. As Jonathan Swift rhapsodized...