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Word: benignly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Opera. Soprano Muzio and Tenor Schipa took Verdi's libation of tunes and tears, poured it out, an acceptable sacrifice to Emotion. Muzio, as Violetta, erred, atoned and died. Schipa, as Alfred, loved loudly and blindly while Richard Bonelli, benign as the father, rubbed his hands and looked on at the mischief of his own making. The 3,500 in the Auditorium took delight in Muzio's costumes, in the elaborate sets, in the new ballet with incidental dances by Vechslav Swoboda, in boxholder's emeralds, gowns. The ten million got little of the glamour, missed little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Chicago Opera | 11/14/1927 | See Source »

Ever since his debut upon the stage o" the world; the Vagabond has suffered from the handicap of an innocent and benign exterior. Old gentlemen used to pat him on the head in public places, and kind relatives used to supply him with constant provender, the gentlemen with buffalo nickels, and the ladies with peppermints. A utilitarian even at his early age, the Vagabond would persist in harmonizing his actions with his appearance, to his immense material profit and moral advantage in times of stress...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 10/22/1927 | See Source »

...ideographs representing the words sachiko and hisa mean "heavenly" and "long-enduring," and may be translated as Steadfast Helper, Eternal Happiness or Ever Benign. No-Miya denotes Imperial rank, such as Royal or Imperial Highness in the Occident...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Baptism | 9/26/1927 | See Source »

...Author Wiggam, when the two hormones which control female reproductive organs will be harnessed, put into pills, sold at corner drug stores. Thus will parents be able to determine the nature and the number of their offspring. A finer race will be bred. Evolution will become "peaceful, happy, benign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Picturesque Eugenics | 7/25/1927 | See Source »

...classic? When January has been devoted to Spinoza or January has been devoted to Spinoza or Jonson what is the fate of July? In other words--should the college man read during vacation and if so, what? A dull rumbining noise will signify in many cases that benign tutors have been careful in tending to the matter and that there will be no radical change, for one should in theory be able to derive as much information from Aristotie when the temperature is at 90 as when it records a modest 50. The mind is what one makes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BOOKWORM TURNS | 6/13/1927 | See Source »

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