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...booby, last week had the satisfaction of signing with II Duce's son-in-law, Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano, a general Anglo-Italian pact of conciliation, appeasement and concord. Having affixed their signatures, the Briton and the Italian clasped and shook hands with particular vigor and warmth. The Eagle of Fascism had made peace with the British Lion...
...attempts to appear the liberal leader of the Republican party, but considering his past record these grandstand plays are absurd. The blame for the Republican defeat cannot be placed on any one man; especially not on Mr. Hamilton. Up to date, no one in the party has shown the vigor, and hard hitting speaking ability of the present chairman, and the Republicans would be taking an unwise step if they accept his resignation...
Joan Crawford is most happily cast. Her familiar vigor and tart beauty are just what the part demands, and the shrewd head for politics is convincingly assumed...
Noel Coward is brilliantly demonstrating himself to be about the most agile person on the stage. He can even beat out a pretty fair tap dance but that isn't exactly what's meant. It's the verve and vigor that underlies that ventriloquist's dummy manner of his, that sets one grinning with admiration...
...hearing far too much of this supposed gospel of leisure. A true gospel of leisure will say that much may be found in work itself. . . . Vigor belongs to spirituality and indolence belongs to sin. Since when has youth come to demand security and ceased to cry just for opportunity? . . . A mania has seized men to get things and do things easily. . . . God alone can change human lives and the church must learn to put this truth into practice...