Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...maintain so far as possible the status of neutrals in war. this last is, probably, out of the question at the present time, for there are new to recognized neutral rights whatever; and since the world war we have made no serious attempts to establish such right...
...believes that a definite victory for Hitler would be quite dangerous for Stalin, and, therefore, he does not expect Russia to lend much serious assistance to Germany...
...Europe, drumming up trade for the 1940 edition of his World of Tomorrow. From Rome this sentimental journeyman reported: "Government officials are favorably inclined." Elsewhere, he intimated, nations had received him most cordially. But so far he had no signatures on his pocketful of dotted lines. That was serious. For if a majority of this year's 58 foreign exhibitors fail to renew their leases, the 1940 Fair will have to cope with a lot of blank spots where the handsome foreign pavilions now stand...
...poets who became his friends were Vachel Lindsay, Sara Teasdale, Robert Frost, William Rose Benét and his wife, Elinor Wylie. Advised Lindsay: "Base the serious side of your criticism of poetry with the tone of Abraham Lincoln as a touchstone, and the criticism of humor on the tone of Mark Twain. . . . We must have a humorous standard. Young writers. . . have been offered every kind of freedom by the critics but this-the freedom to laugh...
...many people, the art of the comic-strip may seem a bit too close to the odor of the breakfast table to be worth serious consideration. The reader who finds a vicarious thrill in pouncing upon "Terry and the Pirates" each morning is apt to overlook the genuine skill of the artist, Milt Caniff, in favor of a few well-turned curves on the body of the Dragon Lady. Each section of Canift's daily feature contains a carefully planned composition, both in regard to figure placement and value rendition. His work is characterized by the decisive manner in which...