Word: alarmable
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Last year the Carnegie jury proved its professional taste by awarding first prize ($1,000) to French Artist Georges Braque for The Yellow Cloth, a cubist design of unusual beauty which Pittsburghers snooted for being "abstract" (TIME, Oct. 25). Last week's opening night audience showed no such alarm over the 36th International first prize winner, The Wind (see cut), by German Karl Ilofer. Among critics it was a popular award. Long regarded as one of the most profound followers of Cézanne, 60-year-old Karl Hofer was a venerated teacher at the Berlin Academy until...
President McNamara of the City Council was hammering for order at 8:15 o'clock last night when the fire alarm in the City Hall rang four-three-one. "Must be near here," several in the audience whispered knowingly, but not as knowingly as those who noticed volumes of blue smoke pouring out of the heating ducts...
This in brief is the story, which must be seen to be appreciated. Sophie Tucker is cast as Mr. Moore's wife and the lyrics of her numbers, reminiscent of her past, caused Beacon Hill residents a little alarm. Songs in the serious, philosophic, or romantic vein are carried off by Tamara and Mary Martin, with a little assistance from Mr. Gaxton. "Get Out of Town" and "From Now On" will be heard a lot this winter, and others according to the public's whim...
What's in the wind to occasion recurring comment on the contingency of internal disorder here? Do the 1940 elections bear an ominous look? Are all democracies expected to go on a jag every generation or so ? Do Viewers-with-Alarm expect Federal finances to go haywire ? Failing to have his way with the Supreme Court, the Executive Department and now the Senate, is the President expected to resort to a putsch to perpetuate his policies? Are the Nazis suspected of a plan to sabotage American aid to France and England when Der Tag arrives...
...expert on fires and fire-fighting equipment in Boston and vicinity, and his file of pictures runs the gamut from the removal of a cat form a tree to general alarm blazes. He knows just what equipment each department possesses, and is particularly partial to old-time, horse-drawn steamer units...