Word: nathan
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...financing is handled in part by Erik Huneker, son of the late James Gibbons Huneker, famed music critic of the Sun, Times, World. To James Gibbons Huneker is attributed the remark "Nothing succeeds like insincerity." His influence is seen in the writing of such critics as George Jean Nathan who love to employ dynamite prose for blowing up anything at all just to see how it looks in little bits. "Steeplejack" Huneker, as he was known, liked to exasperate the uplifters of the late Victorian era by his disgraceful behavior. Many a stein of beer he quaffed in scandalous company...
...Benjamin Nathan Cardozo, Chief Justice, New York Court of Appeals...
Engagement Denied. Lillian Gish, 31, famed cinemactress, to George Jean Nathan, 45, dramatic critic, contributing editor of the American Mercury. Said both: "We are good friends. That...
...Benjamin Nathan Cardozo: Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of New York, deeply revered for his learning and character throughout the length and breadth of the land...
Mencken and Nathan...