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Before World War II, it was common practice for U.S. artists either to tout or tear apart "The American Scene." Last week two big annual shows (the Whitney Museum's "Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting" and the "120th Annual" of the conservative National Academy of Design) seemed to say that times have changed...
...doesn't like to admit it in front of the Tsarevich," she added in a stage whisper, "but His Imperial Majesty is simply fascinated by Stalin-mais tout a fait epris...
...crying bitterly. She wore a thin red cotton sweater with a thin cotton dress underneath and the Belgian approximation of bobby socks in scuffed shoes. Her mother, wearying under a heavy bundle, spoke sullenly and bitterly when we asked what was wrong. 'Elle a froid. C'est tout. Elle a froid.' ('She's cold. That's all. She's cold...
...Some Alsab backers may have been influenced by mysterious handbills that were distributed at the many Pimlico gates the day of the race. The handbills read; Alsah Can't Lose. The tout: a New York gambler who had made a wager of $1,000 against $3,000 that Alsab would go to the post the favorite
Like Professor Potts, Scriptwriters Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder took time out for research. Among the oddities they unearthed was one"Muggsy" Meyers, race-track tout, who refers to himself as a "ducat hustler." From Muggsy and associated sources, the scripters found to their dismay that in 1941's "jellybean jargon" a country boy was no longer a yokel, but a "loose tooth"; a dollar, no longer a buck, had become a "banger"; "cooking with gas" meant perfect understanding...