Word: breathed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Viennese. Since last August the Phaidon Press of Vienna has distributed through the Oxford University Press in New York and through Allen & Unwin, Ltd. in London eight volumes of reproductions, over which many a U. S. publisher is cursing enviously under his breath. Until they appeared, nothing of their quality could be bought in U. S. bookstores for under $5. The Phaidon's top price was $3, for an edition of Botticelli containing 101 plates, 14 in color, and an introduction by the eminent Critic Lionello Venturi. Lowest price was $1.50, for The Disasters of War, Goya...
...does not come as a complete surprise. The strength of the picture lies in the ingenious methods by which priceless diamonds are successfully stolen and "high-jacked" with the utmost case. The film marks a departure from the commonplace and rounds out a bill that is entertaining, if not breath-taking...
Eric Cutler's doctors have finally forbidden him to swim for the rest of this year, so the Varsity will have to wait awhile for the services of the holder of the Freshman 220 and 440 records. Hal Ulen, Gil Bettman, and Jim Curwen are all holding their breath to see if the two latter will get off pro. With Curwen around, it's possible that a few records may fall in the 440-yard open relay. And it's possible even if he isn't around, if Dons Barker and McKay, Will Kendal and Charlie Hutter...
...press conference one morning last week, Franklin Roosevelt sprang one of those dramatic surprises which take away the breath even of those who see him frequently. Having just disposed of a question about the international difficulties of preserving the scenic beauty of Niagara Falls, the President blandly announced that he had found a memorandum on utilities left with him last November by Commonwealth & Southern's Wendell Willkie (TIME, Dec. 6). At that time Mr. Willkie had a long talk with the President, leaving him with a brief, specific plan for composing their difficulties...
Laughlin applauds the sociological approach of Chase to language and quickly adds that linguistic change must lead the way for social change. Regarding language from the poet's point of view, he recognizes its value as the life-breath of civilization and also its mortality. But language has become the master of thinking, and to check this corruption Laughlin advocates a system of education that will teach words and ideas separately. His ideas no language and experimental writing--which tries to remedy language deficiency--form one of the essays in his volume. It is convenient to criticize the other work...