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When the jury-foreman mumbled two words instead of one, Sinclair's strained face burst into a grin. He pumped his counsel's arms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORRUPTION: Old Oil | 4/30/1928 | See Source »

...amusing to watch the propaganda of the elder Roosevelt stick its head up, break out a Rooseveltian double-barreled grin, and shout "Bully!" Balloon Buster Luke* is here not so much an aviator as one who loudly condemned our shameful inactivity prior...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Heroes | 4/30/1928 | See Source »

...After they had been up a while, the instructor unhooked his control stick, showed it to the student, and threw it overboard with a great flourish and a malicious grin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Air Story | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

...Fortune Hunter. Funnyman Syd Chaplin is never nearly so funny as his famed brother. What with his wide grin and his rapid trotting motion, he seldom cuts a solemn figure on the screen. Herein, first trying to marry a rich beautiful girl for money he is aided by the grace, charm and beauty of Helene Costello (sister to the famed Dolores). Later, trying to marry a poor, blonde girl for love, he is obstructed by Clara Horton, a horrible ingenue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Jan. 23, 1928 | 1/23/1928 | See Source »

Miss Smith makes a precipitate exit. An adolescent grin is scarcely concealed by Dr. Palely's beard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 12/20/1927 | See Source »

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