Word: truths
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Morel, Labor, asked if there was any chance of getting the ?650,000,000 war debt owed by Russia. Mr. C. P. Trevelyan, Labor, emphasized the necessity of recognizing the Soviet Government. Mr. Ronald McNeill, Conservative Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, answering the questions, said that there was no truth in the assumption that the attitude of the Government toward Russia was due to prejudice against the Soviet form of government. "Britain will not recognize the Russian Government until it establishes a definite civilized legal system in the administration of justice...
...live in the twentieth century to pay particular attention to other and less material eras in the world's history, in order that a succeeding epoch may strike a balance between two extremes. On the other hand, it is more than possible that we are nearer the truth today than in any other period of the world's history; if this be true, then the broader our view of past ages the more likely we shall be to recognize the truth of our own day when we meet it. It is well, there- fore, that a college such as Harvard...
...discovery increased, this 'omniscience became more and more difficult, until in our day it is quite impossible. The pendulum has swung to the other extreme. Omniscience, quite rightly, is no longer a virtue; if seriously attempted it leads too often to superficiality, and superficiality is as far from the truth as the statement of the specialist who said that the downfall of Napoleon was entirely due to the economic factors involved. As is generally the case, neither extreme is safe ground; the specialized knowledge of today may often be as far from reality as were the universal generalities...
...David Warfield as Shylock, is to be produced ii- London. The Music Box Revue is also about to be offered to the London public. The San Francisco Theatre Guild has disagreed amongst itself and disbanded. In the course of its existence it produced six plays: Miss Lulu Bett, The Truth About Blayds, Heartbreak House, S. S. Tenacity, Enter Madame, A Doll's House. Seventy performances in all were given. One of the recent personal triumphs of this season is that of Dwight Frye. He appeared in Six Characters in Search of an Author as the legitimate son; then...
...some settings of real beauty, there are curtains by R. Marsh, there are notable costumes. And the music is not offensive. Brooke Johns wields his voice and his banjo to good effect. Unfortunately there is also a plot-something about a magic chair that makes you tell the truth. The heroine injudiciously sits in it just before getting married. That, of course, makes tho wedding impossible, and it is some time before she can get started all over again on another one. There are also a few clearly indicated wheezes. They would be funnier in Russian. Lennox Pawle is really...