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Word: talents (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Paramount's "friskiest, fastest" comedy fails to hit the high spots promised by it. Clara Bow is a nice little girl out of her element as a hostess in a dance hall, and it seems that she is misunderstood. After the local swains have attempted to discover the talent hidden behind a demure exterior; it finally turns out that the right party happens along, and after the usual expected and unexpected misunderstandings and controversies, the show...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 9/29/1928 | See Source »

...mainly by pulling at the sparse clothing of his adversary to topple him over. Jiu Jitsu requires enormous training; Jap boys rise early to practice it before taking cold baths. Occidentals, while they will never be as good as lithe little yellow wrestlers, may become proficient by virtue of talent and application. President Roosevelt loved Jiu Jitsu and recommended that it be taught in West Point and Annapolis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Jiu Jitsu | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

...became a Deputy in 1907. They lived in Dresden. The toothpaste tycoon, Lingner, the man who has plastered Europe with ODOL signs, was one of the first to discover Deputy Stresemann's talent for wangling things, and paid well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Vivat Gustavus Rex! | 8/27/1928 | See Source »

Just whom the atheists would send to their defence was not quite certain. It did not, however, seem probable that they would lack legal talent. Clarence S. Darrow was of course their loudest trump; Arthur Garfield Hays was another attorney in their lineup. Probably Charles Smith, a demure and smiling infidel, with the gracious manners of a country clergyman, would be present at the procedure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Atheist's Oath | 8/20/1928 | See Source »

...millionaire and a man of fashion, called "Pennsylvania's greatest Governor," he had died in 1920, his large fortune dissipated in unfortunate speculations. Isobel Stone with her sister Margaret was compelled to earn a living. This she did, being of artistic inclination and equipped with some vocal talent, by singing. After making her debut with Aphrodite in Manhattan, she joined the San Carlo Opera Company, with which she sang Siebel in Faust. Later she became the understudy for more noteworthy performers; of late, a chorus girl, a hanger on at rehearsal halls and an ofttime entertainer or hostess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bargee | 7/30/1928 | See Source »

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