Word: wonderful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Small wonder that while ex-White Knight Whitney pleaded guilty to a New York County indictment for grand larceny and was arrested as well by New York State last week, the bar of the Stock Exchange, on the word of the presiding keep, enjoyed an increase in business calculated at exactly...
...three years I have had as my constant companion a faithful and pious friend, one Oscar Optimesque, who used to sit on the platform while I pointed him out as an example of the ravages of alcohol. Unfortunately, during the past summer, poor Oscar passed to his doom. I wonder if you could help me find some Harvard student to accompany me on my spring tour to replace poor Oscar, as I have heard on good information that Harvard students are possessed with the devil of drink. Hopefully yours, Rev. Jonah M. Wilde...
...catching up on my loafing at the Met when along comes this flicker which one and all are referring to as "A Slight Case of Murder." I open up my peepers and wonder whether I will feel blow-hot-blow-cold about this one like I am about its co-feature which I have just waded through--an operatic affair dubbed "Romance in the Dark," which has somewhat to do with two Johns called Boles and Barrymore and a Gladys whose last handle is Swarthout. I make a note that I will give that one the bird in my review...
...eyes are turned on 175-pounder Captain Johnnie Harkness who has crushed the present titleholder, Ross Shaffer, and maintained an undefeated record in his matches this year. All his chances hinge on whether lie can pin the Penn State wonder once again...
Last week's exhibition was notable for the number of human figure studies it included, and for the rarity of a Marin portrait: Myself in Wonder...