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Word: characterized (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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"There is no use kidding ourselves. We have got to face this problem and we have got to face it together. ... It is not just Youth. To be sure it matters more to Youth. Youth wants to begin living, it is vital for them. But we have all got to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: On Bought Time | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

The various characters make up a strange, stagnant society, in which the main character, Jack Stephens, finds himself. The bigotry of this society is typified by Jack's Aunt Matilda, who rules him with a hickory whip. As a child, Jack is gifted with an imagination and questioning power which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Bookshelf | 3/1/1939 | See Source »

With such implacable people Playwright Hellman has dealt implacably, exerting against them a moral pressure to match their own immoral strength. Both the Hubbards and their playwright-inquisitor work at a pitch too relentless for real life. But it is the special nature of the theatre to raise emotions to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Play in Manhattan: Feb. 27, 1939 | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

Maxey Jarman has carroty hair and mustache, a thick Southern drawl and is a Baptist deacon like his father. He neither smokes nor drinks, begins every stockholders' meeting with prayer, fills his annual report with remarks like: "We believe that to be successful we must build on a foundation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANUFACTURING: God's Chillun | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

It is not often that Hollywood can put as many as five interesting people together in a single movie. This is the accomplishment of "The Shining Hour," now at the University, and even better, these interesting characters rise above the limitations of a trite triangle plot and become real, credible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

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