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...adult background is provided by Dorothy Peterson and Matt Moore, who are convincing as Penrod's mother and father. Zazu Pitts displays her agitated hands and middle-Western voice as the distracted mother of Georgie Bassett...
...represents, and the surrounding political atmosphere make him the most logical choice. Repeal of prohibition and "Roosevelt for President" are not interchangeable terms, though Al Smith, Rasokob and the intangible organization sponsoring today's ballot would have it so. Roosevelt as a man, which embraces his experiences, his background and his ideals, is the type now particularly appealing to America. The three issues for which he stands, a systematic curb on the water-power, trusts systematic planning for revival of business and intelligent steps to remove the recurrence of a depression like the present, and of course a modification...
Here's how the model man will be rated by the girls: Intelligence, 20 per cent.; cultural background, 15 per cent.; personal appearance, 15 per cent.; personality, 10 per cent.; courtesy, 10 per cent.; sense of humor, 10 per cent.; physical fitness, 5 per cent.; clear understanding of the word "no", 5 per cent.; social poise, 5 per cent.; dancing ability, 5 per cent. United Press Dispatch...
...Both physicians and dentists are becoming more nutritionally-minded, which will result in better service to patients. Dental students must be more carefully selected and dental colleges must exert a greater effort to create a medical background for dental students. Dental colleges must inaugurate more post-graduate courses...
...Cossack chorus emphasizes its historic background by appearing in military tunics, breeches with a single scarlet stripe, and high, shiny riding boots. It has many another unique characteristic: Its members are all exiled from Soviet Russia (as men-without-a-country they travel on "Nansen" passports devised by the late Norwegian Explorer-Statesman Fridtjof Nansen, issued by the League of Nations) yet their organization would be sanctioned by the most ardent Communist. It is run on a strictly co-operative basis. Conductor Serge Jaroff takes no more of the profits than the least important of the choristers. But like...