Word: things
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...list of plays under consideration are: "The Goat Song," an Austrian drama by Werfel; "Danton," by the French writer Romain Rolland; "The Main Thing," by the Russian Evreinov; a German play "Montezuma," by Hauptmann. "The Freaks," an Italian work of Pinero; and two English plays "Prisoners of War." "The Masque of Venice" by Gribble, and "The Insect Comedy," by the Czecho-Slovakian dramatist, Capek...
Headline personalities are made all the time. Just recently an army officer made himself into that very thing by contending that "the air's the thing." Having reached into the headlines some months ago, he reached into them again when the Shenandoah fell and inscribed the name of ."Mitchell" in bold black letters, coupling it with a fierce denunciation of incompetence in Army and Navy administration of their air forces...
That some stormy scenes are to be expected, may be judged from a statement by Deputy Louis Marin: "M. Caillaux's failure is the best thing that could have happened to us. I think he must have sought it himself when he saw he was rushing into an inextricable situation. The Government undoubtedly and the Parliament certainly will reject the proposals he is bringing...
...exposition's head adviser, Dr. Arthur D. Little of Cambridge, Mass., made a public pronouncement: "The world unquestionably owes a great debt to German Science but the supremacy of German chemistry is a thing of the past. No American need go to Germany to study chemistry. He will be better taught at home...
...unchanged, and at a cost far below other makers. Since the war, about 48% of cars sold in this country have been Fords. But during the past year, Fords constituted only 42% of cars sold. This accounts for Ford's sudden effort to make his famous vehicle a thing of beauty...