Word: things
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bare facts are interesting enough, but the dialogue and the acting carry the whole to the peak of success. Frank Lalor, as Papa, has a way of making his face do his acting for him. It is he, almost as much as his junior partner, who makes the thing go. June Bradley, as Daughter, does well in a rather less interesting part; while Lucin Moore, as Mama, improves on the usual type of dowager lady...
...date, but in recent years they have tended to ward modest, conservative phrases such as "Back to normalcy". Nothing so sweeping and red-blooded as "Beer, Bonus or Bust" has assailed American ears since "Fifty-four-forty or fight,"--Out possibly, this ardent, whole-hearted sort of thing is just what America needs in the political game...
...were to venture criticism of the undergraduate mind as I have known it at Harvard, it would be only to repeat the customary European verdict on American students, that they are somewhat lacking in historical perspective. This is a thing that doubtless will develop as the effect of the tutor and the general examination becomes more evident; it is at present difficult to achieve in a curriculum so widely specialized as that of the Division of Fine Arts, but it is the important thing for the American student to get from his education, because it is so badly needed...
...frank without being hostile and can defend our countries' interests without being at enmity. Thus the Entente will be much more than a nominal thing and France and Great Britain can advance together to establish peace and security in Europe...
...year $38.14 was earned on each common share, against $35.52 in 1922. Total sales increased from $65,191,467 in 1922 to $81,843,232 last year, but the margin of profit on every dollar also rose from 10.15 cents in 1922 to 11.60 cents in 1923. The remarkable thing about both these companies is their prosperity in boom and depression alike. In flush times, the poorer classes who ordinarily would not buy at all, flock to them; in hard years, buyers who, when prosperous, are willing to patronize more expensive stores, return to the chain stores to economize...