Word: waning
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...novel' is now on the wane, unless the novel is very well done. I have just published a novel myself which has been described as 'having a respect for the decencies'-presumably because that is so unusual a thing." Books written by Author-Publisher Lord Gorell include: Babes in the African Wood; Rosamund; Plush; Gauntlet (1931). To the Baron last week Prince George wrote a gracious acknowledgment on the stationery for which he recently designed his own monogram: an Old English G, surmounted by a coronet and surrounded by the Garter. (Same monogram on his handkerchiefs.) "Prince...
...saluting that flag; for observing hartal, that is, closing your business as a protest against the imprisonment of Gandhi; for peaceful demonstrations on the street; for making speeches urging the freedom of India. . . . "The attempt made to create the impression that Gandhi's influence is on the wane, that he is losing his hold on the imagination of the people of India, is utterly misleading. . . . One wonders whether the British are misleading the world as to the true situation or are deceived themselves." Not quite such a Wicked Ogre as Indian mothers tell their children he is. Viceroy Earl...
High Pressure (Warner). Since the departure of gang pictures, the cinema has developed half a dozen minor trends to take their place. One, already on the wane, was for "kid pictures." like Skippy, Sooky, Huckleberry Finn. Another was for "one location" stories, like Transatlantic, Union Depot, the forthcoming Hotel Continental and Grand Hotel. A third, closest to the technique of gang pictures, was a series of surveys of exciting occupations, such as taxi-driving, gambling, swindling and reporting...
...Sweaty Exorcists on Wane...
...juxtaposition on the same bill of "Rebound" and "The Magnificent Lie" invites comparison of the work of the respective actresses, one of whom is gaining popularity with each successive production, while the other has patently passed her zenith and is definitely on the wane...