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Word: acted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...unfortunate for John Lord O'Brian that the Wagner Act and not the T.V.A. is an issue in the New York State campaign. For if he were discussing rural electrification, the Republican Senatorial nominee and prominent T.V.A. attorney would possess complete information and a certain amount of insight; while in meeting the labor issue, Mr. O'Brian is limited to a certain amount of information...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: J. LORD O'BRIAN | 10/17/1938 | See Source »

...concert is opening with the "Roman Carnival" Overture which Berlioz originally intended as an introduction to the second act of his unsuccessful opera, "Benvenuto Cellini...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MUSIC BOX | 10/13/1938 | See Source »

Members of the committee were assigned definite work for the preparation of the book. Robert E. L. Strider '39 will have charge of the photography, Richard H. Sullivan '39 will act as Business Manager, James Tobin '39 will edit all general articles, and Harold M. Curtis, Jr. '39 will see to the preparation of all writeups regarding athletics, publications, and organizations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Album Committee Meets to Form Plans, Assign Duties | 10/11/1938 | See Source »

...Giovanni (Mon. 11:05 p.m. NBC-Blue). Act I of Mozart's greatest opera; sung by San Francisco Opera Co. Fritz Reiner conducts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Programs Previewed: Oct. 10, 1938 | 10/10/1938 | See Source »

...more old drunkards than old doctors," or "Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards." Genuinely exciting is the 200-page record of the growing antagonism between England and the colonies, as Franklin witnessed it in London, where as a colonial agent he fought the Stamp Act, worked desperately for a reconciliation, appeared before Parliament to be baited by stupid and arrogant Tories, and was finally harried out of the country, cursing the "extreme corruption . . . in this rotten old state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Great Man | 10/10/1938 | See Source »

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