Word: worthing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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THIS is a collection of 15 short stories by the New York Times' correspondent in Moscow, already popularly known as an author from his book "I Write As I Please," published during the recent epidemic of journalistic baring-of-the-breast. It is worth while for two reasons: first, it is one of a series of low-priced books published in paper covers, and attempting to present good books cheaply; second, Duranty as an acute observer of the Great Experiment in Russia since 1920 is able to comment interestingly on the intimate effects of this experiment on the people over...
Currently the University presents a pot-boiling bill, not very good, not terribly poor. Add "The March of Time," some long pre-vues, and lengthy news-reel, and there's a quarter's worth...
...week President Vargas completed his work of kicking out the governors of the other 19 States, replacing each with a federal interventor. Ex-Governor José Antonio Flores da Cunha of the State of Rio Grande do Sul was ordered tried on charges of having ordered $1,000,000 worth of munitions from Germany, recently, apparently had hoped to use them to right what he considers States' wrongs...
...American ski jumper whom she met in Switzerland. Tyrannical Aunt Caroline (Constance Collier) is insisting on the British pianist (Ray Noble) who accompanies the madrigal singers. Alyce's final decision, urged on her by benign Lord Marshmorton (Montague Love), that the American occupying the nearby lodge is worth two in the distant Alps and Pianist Noble to boot, wins the sweepstakes for the castle Boots (Moppet Harry Watson), who had been playing the field...
...Squadron A Armory, squinting knowingly as 226 harness horses were trotted or paced, one by one, up & down the narrow track. Walking sticks flashed in the air as bids were raised again & again and the raucous-voiced auctioneer pounded his gavel, announced the buyers. Thus was sold $206,000 worth of U. S. horseflesh at the 43rd annual Old Glory Sale, capping the most successful year in the history of U. S. harness racing...