Word: z
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...beforehand so that his tongue could wag undisturbed. His entrances were timed strategically: just as a gathering was preparing to break up Proust would enter, set the room abuzz with his rapid-fire monolog: "Do you know whether the Due de? stayed on in the boudoir with Mme Z? Could you explain the kiss he gave her, in the very middle of the ball?" "Overwhelmingly" gentle in voice, elaborately formal in manner, Proust smiled continually, gazed fondly at society from brilliant black eyes under drooping eyelids and "a Saracen's beak." Extravagant, generous?his tips were fantastic?he dressed like...
...gives a gathering dramatic effect, the other two are nuisances. These are recorded on the sound track by a double exposure process, the characters meanwhile standing immobile and expressionless facing each other. This gives a recurrent trance effect as though an offstage ventriloquist were at work. Selfconscious, Director Robert Z. Leonard hurried the soliloquies, giving them a furtive quality. The Hollywood audience giggled...
...Nothing is more important to the industrial existence of the United States than the preservation and rehabilitation of the railroads as such," said W. Z. Ripley, Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy, in an interview yesterday...
Most fanciful of all were concessions listed as "X," "Y" and "Z." Lee, Higginson were content with Kreuger's story that these assets must remain anonymous for high diplomatic reasons. In 1931, when President Joseph R. Swan of Guaranty Co. asked for detailed information, Herr Kreuger reported about $70.000.000 invested in "X." "Y" and "Z" but still insisted on anonymity. Last week it was revealed that X stood for Italy, Y for Spain, Z for Diamond Match Co. But the "concessions" did not exist, the $70,000,000 "investment" was pure falsehood...
...Ranch. He was the originator of that great rodeo sport, 'Bulldogging,' having been the first man to jump from his horse onto the head of a running steer. "This was written on the day of his death by one who had been his boss for 30 years. "-Z. T. MILLER" PAUL W. CRESS Perry, Okla...