Word: characterized
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Rich, Mr. Washburn did not stint himself in Vienna, one of the cheapest capitals in the world. He lived in almost regal style, butlered, footmanned, flunkied. Mrs. Washburn's balls were of a character to make her the uncrowned queen of the Diplomatic Corps.
The first character on the stage, a Stevens undergraduate, depicted a Neanderthal type of man. He loped apelike across the stage on naked 20th Century legs. He was awed by the forces of Nature until he discovered weapons, tools. Toward the end of this section "Control," a child, appeared to...
The character of the thoughtful fire-builder would seem to suggest a drama flickering with irony, but Playwright Mann Page has apparently overlooked this possibility, has devoted himself to the vapid story of the Elliotts. Inasmuch as they are wholly theatrical characters, limned without reality or wit, little can be...
History will record Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd not only as a dauntless expedition executive, as the first man to fly over both Poles, but as a character exceeded in lines of newspaper space during 1928-30 only by the U. S. President. For nearly two years the New York...
Says Section 211 of the U. S. Penal Code: "Every obscene, lewd, or lascivious, and every filthy book, pamphlet, picture, paper, letter, writing, print, or other publication of an indecent character ... is hereby declared to be nonmailable matter and shall not be conveyed in the mails. . . ." In April, 1929, Mrs...