Search Details

Word: afters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

"Chicago Deadline" has flashbacks galore, in which we see the girl, played by Miss Reed, as Life strikes her one blow after another. She gets mixed up with gangsters and a corrupt bank president, until she finally meets her untimely end in the fly-blown rooming house where reporter Ladd...

Author: By Stephen O. Saxe, | Title: Chicago Deadline | 11/16/1949 | See Source »

We were welcomed by a heavy-set young man who called himself our "baby dean." After pinning on badges bearing our names and home states, we were led into the room where the Conants were receiving. "Mrs. Conant has bursitis, so won't be shaking hands today," whispered an officiating...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: Tea at the President's | 11/16/1949 | See Source »

After introductions, which included some comment or topical reference to each guest's home state, we were conducted into the dining room where two ladies were pouring tea at opposite ends of a candle-lit table. "I feel that these affairs will accomplish a great deal even if they only...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: Tea at the President's | 11/16/1949 | See Source »

"Composing is all right," Anderson states, "but it has one drawback. It's hard to get started, and the composer has to eat in the meantime." This was one reason why, after completing one year of graduate work in music, and getting an A.M., he decided to switch to Scandinavian...

Author: By William M. Simmons, | Title: "Sort of In-Between" | 11/15/1949 | See Source »

By 1934 his musical career was well started, so Anderson decided that he would not have to teach after all, and quit Harvard. Before he could leave for New York, however, Arthur Fiedler, director of the Boston Pops, asked him to start writing for the orchestra. Beginning with "Harvard Fantasy...

Author: By William M. Simmons, | Title: "Sort of In-Between" | 11/15/1949 | See Source »

Previous | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | Next