Word: lende
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...costuming is deserving of mention. The lavish gowns of the "feminine" leads remind one of Schiaparelli's best. It is surprising how mere draping can lend a seductive enchantment to a mere male form. The show, as a whole, is an embryonic Rodgers and Hart production...
...neutral that submits to British control is no longer a neutral and is fair game for Nazi submarines and bombers, Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop realized that a ticklish situation was bound to arise if the Axis partner were compelled to knuckle down to British seapower. As though to lend emphasis to this attitude, a German warplane bombed and set fire to an Italian collier transporting British coal to Italy...
...recent months Sir John has moved adroitly to compel British investors to lend to the Exchequer eagerly and cheaply. Restrictions were imposed against new private and municipal bond issues, thus leaving the British bond buyer hungry. Last month His Majesty's Government requisitioned a list of 60 gilt-edged U. S. securities held by residents of the United Kingdom (TIME, March 4). Last week the Britons from whom these dollar securities were taken received first payment for them from the Treasury in pounds. They no sooner had these pounds in hand than Sir John popped up in the House...
...finally, after eight weeks of stalling, the Congress shoved through a bill authorizing a $100,000,000 increase in the depleted capital of the Export-Import Bank-on the clear understanding that Federal Lender Jesse Jones would immediately "lend" Finland...
Several landscapes by Adolf Dehn lend a placid note to an otherwise fantastic exhibit. With paintings by Grosz, Braque, Archipenko, and Gleizes decorating the walls, it might be assumed that the conservative Dehn watercolors would be reduced to insignificance. But Dehn does more than hold his own. His clear, wind-washed landscapes are executed in a manner similar to that of Edward Hopper. The colors are neutralized but are far from dirty; Dehn's whole technique is that of a careful, better-than-average artist...