Search Details

Word: alpha (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Until 1915 the bright star Alpha Centauri was steadfastly regarded by astronomers as the sun's nearest stellar neighbor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Wolf 424 | 5/23/1938 | See Source »

TIME's REGULAR READERS Kappa Alpha Theta Bloomington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 25, 1938 | 4/25/1938 | See Source »

...equal to the Cole Porter high of Anything Goes, You Never Know may be slicked up enough by fall to run it a close second on Broadway. Best songs at present: From Alpha to Omega, a catalogue of compliments in the style of You're the Top; You Never Know, in the usual sultry, husky Holmanner. Best revue bit: Actress Velez skipping brightly about as Katharine Hepburn, Gloria Swanson, Simone Simon, Shirley Temple in turn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Old Play and New | 4/11/1938 | See Source »

...Declaring that he had been criticized at Harvard because he insisted on teaching a course with emphasis on its modern practical aspects rather than on its purely factual and historical content, Kirsopp Lake former professor of History at Harvard, delivered an address on American education to the Rhode Island Alpha of Phi Beta Kappa last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Criticized For Emphasizing Practicality, Declares Lake | 3/5/1938 | See Source »

Kathleen Fitz must be set down as a Kappa Alpha Theta with determination. Like Don Ameche, another of Prof. William C. Troutman's alumni at Wisconsin, she took the hard way to learn to face the footlights. Her teaching days and M.A. didn't help when she was batted about in Pacific Coast stock. Star in Pirandello and Shaw plays at Wisconsin, Kathleen toured the U. S. as the heroine in The Drunkard, playing in hotels as well as theaters. She trimmed her figure for pictures, only to get a "bit" no one noticed. She had the lead in Three...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: One Thing After Another | 3/2/1938 | See Source »

Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Next