Word: abruptly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...rhetoric with which the cinema usually attempts the epic manner, but a sort of cinematic shorthand. The significance to England of Queen Victoria's death becomes apparent from an incident in the Marryots' kitchen; a shot of a life-preserver-lettered S. S. Titanic-ends, with an abrupt full-stop, the story of Edward Marryot and his bride. Of an adroit British cast which includes Herbert Mundin, Beryl Mercer, John Warburton, Frank Lawton and four child actors, Diana Wynyard gives the most noteworthy characterization...
...alone is the stand commendable, it is reasonable, if, however, it traces more directly to the unpleasant episodes of the last week-end, the CRIMSON, while admiring Princeton's maintenance of a decent and convincing self, respect, feels that the decision to break off relations with Harvard, is too abrupt. Nothing can do more to hurt amateur athletics in general and football in particular than the fact that two ancient and great American Universities cannot enjoy honorable and pleasant athletic relations. If Harvard, through her Athletic Association is at fault, the CRIMSON can only deplore the actions of that Association...
...this abrupt move Dr. Schacht brought a sizeable section of Berlin finance into the Biggest Business phalanx lined up behind Handsome Adolf by Steel Tycoon Fritz Thyssen (TIME. Nov. 28). Also in Berlin, actively supporting the Hitler cause last week, was a close kinsman of British King-Emperor George V, none other than Duke Karl Eduard von Saxe-Coburg-und-Gotha who recently married his daughter Princess Sibylle to the eldest son of Sweden's Crown Prince (TIME. Oct. 10). Backed by the banker, the tycoon, the duke and by a large plurality of German voters, Leader Hitler...
Professor Adrian, 43, is a brisker, more active individual. He climbs mountains (Mt. Blanc last year), rides a bicycle the mile between his Cambridge home and laboratory. When he is working or otherwise preoccupied he is inclined to be irritable and abrupt, especially with slow students. But with his associates, particularly those who are interested in his field, he bubbles with enthusiasm and information. He too has a portfolio of international honors given for his studies of nerve conduction. His most delicate work has been to separate the microscopic, floss-like fibres which constitute a nerve and splice them into...
...telegram, from Deming, N. M., is not altogether clear in all its implications: the doctor has always been an individualists, and has not infrequently come into abrupt contact with officials...