Word: actes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Since it was Strong Man Flores da Cunha, a doughty soldier who can tie a steer singlehanded, who helped boost his friend into the Presidential Palace in 1930, Strong Man Vargas knew he had better act quickly. Back to Porto Alegre flashed a Presidential order relieving Governor Flores da Cunha of his responsibilities as executor of the "state of war" in Rio Grande do Sul, handing them over to General Emilio Lucio Esteves, the State's Federal military commandant. This order in effect gave General Esteves a free hand with 17,000 Federal troops against anything General Flores...
...found new support when suddenly the New York State Bureau of Securities descended on him for permitting the sale of New York Woman stock within two weeks of the magazine's coma. Publisher Wheeler, who had asked permission to reorganize under Section 776 of the National Bankruptcy Act, indignantly maintained that his prospectus had told all, prepared to fight the State's charge in court...
Flat feet, according to Dr. Schwartz, are usually due to malalignment of the heel bone with the tibia (larger of the two long bones in the lower leg). Side swing of the heel throws all the muscles and tendons of the foot out of balance. "Since the tendons act as slings for the 26 bones of the foot," reasons Dr. Schwartz, "those bones then have a tendency to slip out of their anatomical arrangement...
...Columbia Broadcasting System.* Conceived by Assistant Director of Broadcasts Douglas Coulter, produced by Max Wylie, the first Living Drama was a thoughtful, serene projection of the familiar troubles of Job. Among its actors were two MARCH OF TIME voices and Stefan, son of famed Pianist Artur Schnabel. The Job act was followed last Sunday by a less leisurely one detailing the career of Joseph, whose repulse of Potiphars Wife was done by a series of understatements culminating in her "I say you are to stay with...
...Fairies and parted from his mother. He grows into a handsome young man and falls in love. The Fairy reappears, kisses him again, and he follows her into the sea. Stravinsky meant the kiss to symbolize the bestowal of genius upon Tschaikovsky, called the whole work an act of "homage," pieced it together from Tschaikovsky melodies. The music was distinguished only by some new harmonic departures. George Balanchine's choreography proceeded unimpeachably, caused raised eyebrows only when the Fairy Queen, in the midst of a classic dance duet, wrapped an unexpected leg around her partner's torso...