Word: acclaimed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Presidential nomination before 1940, would be the tail to their 1936 kite only if the Convention drafted him by acclamation. John Hamilton thought that could be done and long after everyone else went to bed that night he and his lieutenants were buzzing around lining up the necessary acclaim. By about 2:30 a. m. they thought they had things fixed. By that time Senator Vandenberg had cut off his telephone. No one thought to go bang on his door with the glad tidings. They could wait until morning. Meantime, weary Mr. Vandenberg had sent a message to John Hamilton...
...money could get him a seat. Inside the Hall bedlam would have been let loose again, except for the little white-haired Maestro. He bowed gravely to his wildly-cheering audience, wheeled on his podium, rapped smartly for attention. Toscanini was giving his last U. S. concert not for acclaim, not for money but for the benefit of the Orchestra which has played for him during the past eleven seasons. Once his baton was raised he became the humble servant of Beethoven and Wagner, began by making the first Leonore overture seem so buoyant and tuneful that it was hard...
...Fellows one-half are hardworking scholars and scientists who need money to travel, buy books and equipment. Such a one is Entomologist Lloyd R. Watson, who will try to breed a race of honeybees with tongues long enough to pollinate red clover. More public acclaim, however, arises around the Guggenheimers annually chosen for their promise of notable artistic or literary achievement...
Phil Claff, wandering accordion player, contributed greatly to the success of the Leverett dance last Friday evening, while the music of Craig Hunting's orchestra and the Rabbit Motif in decorating both received their share of acclaim...
...stormiest which had all the more meaning because it never went wild. Because encores destroy the balance of his programs, this purist refuses to play them, just as he refuses to waste his time on frothy, mediocre music. Most pianists would be vastly impressed by such unanimous acclaim as his playing has received lately. But last week Schnabel was skeptical, saying, "I am not sure that it's good for me to be so popular. I am not sure that it's good for Beethoven...