Word: entertainment
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Zeppelin. Because it strives for nothing but a thrilling effect, this piece, which otherwise would be unworthy of production, achieves its aim and will entertain persons who look to the Crime Club for cerebral diversion. All the action takes place aboard a dirigible, now in a com panionway, now in the observation gondola. There is a professor, a formula for synthetic leprosy, a threat against all nations, an international spy, an adventuress, a leper, etc. etc. The wreck is ably done...
...Bingham's schedule calls for talks at the Harvard Clubs of St. Paul and Minnesota, a visit to the University of Minnesota, and speeches at the Blake School, St. Paul Academy, and the St. Paul Central High School. The Harvard Clubs of Kansas City and of St. Louis will entertain the Athletic Director on successive days, while attendance at a meeting in Syracuse of Harvard men will conclude the trip...
...superstitious, however, would not have a happy lot; they would find little relief from constant anxiety. Imagine the thirteenth day of all thirteen months landing on Friday. Then again, this new calendar may serve as a valuable antidote: if those who now entertain grave apprehensions regarding the number thirteen are still able to enjoy life under the proposed system, the time is at hand when two-dollar bills will no longer be scoffed at, and one match will suffice to light three cigarettes...
...have sold my automobile," he admitted not long ago. "Also I avoid many invitations. Mme. Poincaré and myself can no longer entertain, in return, on the scale expected of my office...
...friends the constructive critics, one would like to say that they must exercise patience. Three years at Oxford cannot turn even an able and gifted man into a world-conqueror. It can make even a dull and prejudiced man realize that national animosities spring from misunderstanding and unwillingness to entertain a more humane view of international relations. An Oxford education turns out thoughtful men able to help, not doctrinaires with a bagful of remedies for the world...