Word: accents
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...attended the dedication and heard all the speeches, I hasten to tell you that your informant was incorrect. President Coolidge was the only one present who said carillon in the French manner. All those connected with the building of the Tower call it "Karilon," with the accent on the first syllable...
...Robot answered "I don't know, when does it start?" Among other items of information accumulated in this human machine are the times of arrival and departure of all Boston-New York trains. The inventor even claims the ability to evoke after slight training a correct Harvard pose and accent, if desired...
Chernoff. The next witness for the plaintiff was Vadim Chernoff, a blond Russian expatriate, a painter of ikons. Excitedly, with an accent like a musical comedian, he dilated for an hour on Renaissance pigmentation, explained both how and what colors were used. He called the Hahn painting "translucent," and the Louvre painting "dirty." Technically he was wise, but Lawyer Levy confounded him with questions on art history and showed that M. Chernoff's advice had rarely, if ever, been sought in weighty controversy. Sir Joseph chuckled as the Chernoff lecture began. Later he gazed into a newspaper with obvious...
...TIME, Oct. 22). It is in this son rather than in his older brother, "Young Bob," the present Senator, that the father is still visible. It was in a gesture of Son Philip's?quickly gripping the arms of his chair?that Sculptor Davidson found the final and finishing accent for the statue...
Baclanova's foreign accent adds a certain bizarre quality which is a distinct addition to production. Her acting is not of the best calibre and yet she leaves a distinct impression of talent...