Word: vividness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sister (Lady Rose) are of great interest and value, especially those written from Russia. The correspondence which passed between H.R.H. the Grand Duchess of Baden and Lady Rose, even during the late War, shows a simple, sincere and human friendliness, which does not fail to awaken a vivid sympathy. The book also gives some idea, superficial it is true, of the German view...
...Significance. In the first place the exciting and vivid recital, told with candor and humor, of a pilgrim in search of true wisdom, West and East-a recital punctuated with adventures as odd as any of Sinbad the Sailor's. In the second, an illuminating and informative exposition, both of the India that tourists never see, and the America of which many of our self-elected " leaders of thought" still deny the existence. Most interesting of all perhaps, the reactions of an Eastern mind to both Oriental and Occidental civilizations and ideals-set down without hasty intolerance or propagandizing...
...receipt by the New York Stock Exchange of an application from the Stutz Motor Car Co. of America to have its 263,000 shares restored to trading on its floor brings vivid memories of the circumstances in 1920 under which Stutz was " stricken from the list" of the Exchange. After a decline in motor shares in February, 1920, Allan A. Ryan cornered the Stutz stock. Its price rose swiftly to 391 on March 31, 1921, when the Exchange authorities, having ascertained the existence of the " corner," suspended dealings in it there. After various conferences between Mr. Ryan and the Exchange...
Taking "The Situation in Europe" as the subject of his speech on January 25, Mr. Philip Kerr, former private secretary to Lloyd George, declared that America could not remain aloof, since Mr. Kerr was followed by another Englishman. Mr. G. L. Mallery, a noted mountain climber, who gave a vivid description of the perils encountered by the party which recently attempted to reach the submit of Mount Everest. The vividness of his narrative was heightened by many lantern slides taken on the expedition...
...Significance. The Book of My Youth is a vivid and sincere picture of the arduous and unflinching struggle toward maturity of a powerful and independent personality. For the most part it may be fairly said to lack the charm and grace with which Anatole France, for instance, recounts his early years?the manner is solid rather than suave?much of the description, were it written of a fictitious character, would lack the fortuitous interest it attains from its concern with Sudermann himself...