Word: things
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...after being hooted out of a meeting. Nominee No. 2 was Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Gandhi's right-hand man. He also withdrew. Final choice was Dr. Patthabhi Sitaramayya of Madras, who received Saint Gandhi's and the Congress high command's endorsement, election seemed a sure thing...
...banana republic anything can happen but the most unusual thing is for a President to put the country's constitution above his own personal interests. Last week Costa Rica's President, handsome, large-nosed Leon Cortes Castro, did the unusual. He squelched the suggestion of his supporters that he ignore the Constitution and succeed himself in office when his first four-year term expires in May 1940. Said President Cortes: "I will never . . . convert myself into a tyrant...
...cages, ox skulls and oil lamps, knives, forks figurines and doves. Had these objects been painted with the luscious realism of a soup advertisement, the pictures would not have been at Rosenberg's, nor would they have interested any of the people there. Yet if there was one thing these doodles, lozenges, swabs and swishes of bright paint represented to that crowd of connoisseurs and jealous artists, it was sheer technical virtuosity- probably the greatest painting virtuosity in the world...
...party he was asked to accompany Violinist Nathan Milstein. Asked if he knew the accompaniment to Lalo Symphonie Espagnole he said no, but the he would try it if somebody ran through once. While the 32-minute-long accompaniment was played, Templeton listened attentively, then played the whole thing from memory, made one mistake...
...spring, however, when Lawrence begged them to go to Mexico with him, they made excuses. Despite their undying friendship, they concluded "we had had about enough of a good thing...