Word: appeared
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...devotion of Day Lewis to a strictly contemporary poetic diction, which takes account of the machine and the effect of machinery upon modern life. There is mention, for example, of 'petrol pump,' 'hangar,' 'filter,' 'magneto,' and other technical expressions. Dr. Johnson's strictures on this kind of poetic diction appear in his discussion of Dryden's "Annus Mirabilis," and though they posses a universal validity, they do not apply, with any exactness, to Day Lewis, for that poet has worked them into his verses in such a way that they do not stand out as novel words which detract therefore...
...Weyerhaeuser chauffeur drove up. Anne came out. Together they waited minute after minute for little George. When he failed to appear, they hurried home to tell his parents who started a search of the neighborhood. At 2 p.m. the Weyerhaeusers notified the Tacoma police of their son's disappearance. The Governor of Washington dispatched a special detachment of the state patrol to join the hunt. Within 24 hours 15 Department of Justice operatives from Portland, Seattle, San Francisco had converged by plane, train and car on Tacoma. The fearfully expected ransom note, posted at 6 p.m., signed "The Egoist...
...long as the N.S.L.'s name didn't appear in an anti-Hearst move the CRIMSON was glad to show its "liberalism" and capitalize on the widespread anti-Hearst feeling. But when the N.S.L. undertook a public meeting exposing Hearst the CRIMSON revealed the sincerity of its opposition to Dirty Willy by refusing even to mention the meeting. Executive Committee Harvard National Student League...
...experimental two-reeler, La Cucaracha (which grossed $350,000), the Whitneys held a story conference to choose a feature subject. The vogue for clean pictures, the necessity for glamorous costumes and the current popularity of Victorian classics made a dramatic version of William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair appear to be ideal. For a director the Whitneys chose Lowell Sherman. For a star they chose Miriam Hopkins. Becky Sharp went into production almost a year ago. By last week, it had survived a series of unprecedented mishaps...
...than clip the occasional coupon that enables him to pay room rent, drink and stand around on street corners. One day he meets up with a little old man, who makes a queerly indelible impression on him. Thereafter Johnny never knows when or where the little old man may appear; he begins to feel haunted. There is something terrible about the old man's eyes: he can stop a charging barkeep just by looking at him. Sadly troubled in mind, Johnny goes walking at night in Golden Gate Park. Out of the lake comes a beautiful girl, mother-naked...