Word: tricking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...time poor old Louis had the disagreement with his subjects, the Jacquerie would not have had arms. And I suppose the first Paleolithic genius who slung a rook with a twisted grass rope had no idea that the gentleman in the adjoining cave would get wise to the trick. No; we should not delude ourselves. We must grow accustomed to the military plagiarism of the "insurgents"; they have no sense of honor--never having attended Harvard--and we must prepare ourselves to accept with calm dignity the news of bombs dropped from the sky on railroad roundhouses, coal operators' homes...
...scenery and costumes were good, but not quite, it seems to us, up to the standard set by The Bohemians' former productions. Aside from one very cleverly managed lighting trick whereby an interior scene was changed to a garden set and back again, or maybe the last scene in silver and black, there was nothing unusual. One unfortunate part about the whole revue is that the second part drags very noticeably, which may account for so many of the audience going away with a flat taste in their mouths. If that could be remedied in some way, the general impression...
...live fox running loose on Fifth avenue, to advertise a New York furrier, calls to mind the advertising methods of days gone by. Ten years ago such a sight would hardly have been a surprise; today its chief result is the summoning of the S. P. C. A. "Trick" advertising is rapidly becoming obsolete. The day of the sandwich man is gone; the dropping of samples from balloons, the band-wagon sign-board, the costumed buffoon wandering the streets--all are passing, with the cigar-store Indian and the druggist's colored jars. Even the blatant bill-boards and flashy...
...standards of right and wrong, especially in the case of impressionable youth. Frequent statements from the juvenile courts show the misdeed to be directly traceably to a recent movie. A boy in Connecticut not long ago caused a train-wreck by picking the switch-lock with a crowbar, a trick learned from the screen. Many young runaways, when caught, admit that their inspiration for the delights of the open road was gleaned from the silversheet...
...blame. Had it not been for Baxter, the election would in all probability have gone to Murphy. But this ruse against a coalition party is not a new one. Again we have no reason for believing that the voters will not be equally fooled by the same trick in the future...