Word: plain
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...reticent chairman's point clearer, other Amtorg officials declared that Russian purchases from Germany have totaled over $200,000,000 so far this year, an increase of 100%. They attributed this to freer granting of credit to Russia by German banks (see p. 19). Obviously the Amtorg moral, plain for depressed U. S. business to read, is that U. S. Bankers might loosen...
...Everybody I have heard comment on "The March of Time" out here went plain "nerts" about the first presentation. It is truly splendid. Never knew so much drama could be crammed into such a thing. That's what everybody says...
...amusing lines, and he handles these excellently. Loretta Young is capable as the girl pal sob sister, but the producers were rather unfortunate to cast her with Jean Harlow, for the contrast between the two shows all too clearly that Miss Harlow is a very poor actress and rather plain in comparison with Miss Young's almost classic beauty...
...Technicalities are made to be disregarded during emergencies. It is right, fair and good sportsmanship that Harvard should do its part and not hide behind archaic regulations to avoid its plain duty...
...will have a hard time putting down one of Burnett's books before you have finished it; The Silver Eagle is no exception. As in Little Caesar, the scene is contemporary Chicago, but this time the hero is no gangster but a racketeer perforce. Francis Cecil Harworth (ne plain Keogh) has come up from scratch to a position that includes the ownership of several nightclubs, a gambling house, a Rolls-Royce and a limited but attractive choice of women. All his businesses are strictly legal with the exception of the gambling house. Harworth is a hard young man with...