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Word: brush (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Because his radio style was criticized by Republican Herbert C. Hoover, who himself is no great radiorator, Republican Thomas E. Dewey goes to New York University's Speech Teacher Richard C. Rorden to brush up his microphone technique, reported "Daily Washington Merry-go-Round's" Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen. A baritone before he was a politician, Candidate Dewey is generally regarded as a professionally polished, dramatic broadcaster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Campaigning | 11/7/1938 | See Source »

Listen, Darling (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). Adolescent romance between Freddie Bartholomew, now 14½ and equipped with a changing voice, and Judy Garland, in a story by Katharine Brush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures: New Pictures: Oct. 31, 1938 | 10/31/1938 | See Source »

...these artists arises. The German contemporary painter seems to delight in broad washes of bright color. It seems that only here does their technique begin to break down. Take Karl Zerbe's "Still Life" for instance. In this picture there are wide paths of color applied with a large brush, and all the interest of the artist is primarily in contrasting and mixing shades. The lemons on the table are lacking in form, and the glass is nothing but an outline of white. The whole has little depth; all is subordinated to color. After seeing this picture, it is amazing...

Author: By H. M. C. jr., | Title: Collections & Critiques | 10/27/1938 | See Source »

...that Harvard leans over backward to shun official political relationships. To bellow that Harvard has a desire to rule Cambridge, and that therefore it must, like some naughty school boy, be expelled from the community, serves only to show the political hue of the picture. The council's cunning brush is attempting to swab Harvard with such brilliant and tawdry colors, that beside it Plan E may look dull, important, and anaemic on the ballot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAMBRIDGE CAMOUFLAGE | 10/20/1938 | See Source »

...many case, the show is slow starting, slow in development, and uninspiring in denouncement. Ina Claire as the matron is easily the outstanding asset, but she might do well to brush up on her lines...

Author: By V. F. Jr., | Title: The Playgoer | 10/20/1938 | See Source »

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