Word: choses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Marta Abba chose the U. S. as one of the last theatrical worlds to conquer. Leaving the Milan Theatrical Academy in 1923, she was soon spotted by silver-whiskered Nobel Prizeman Luigi Pirandello, who gave her the lead in his Six Characters in Search of An Author. She has since done practically the whole library of the great theatrical metaphysician's plays, two of which are dedicated to her. In Europe and South America in the past decade Actress Abba's long, sensitive face, throaty voice and pleasantly awkward gestures have been seen in a repertoire ranging from...
Skillfully playing upon the average voter's lack of accurate knowledge of national finances, the President stated that he had reduced America's tax rate from 58 to 38 cents out of every dollar. In making this statement he chose to ignore the fourteen different New Deal enactments which levy indirect and hidden taxes. These raise the rate to 68 cents to the dollar; a fact just as well over locked in a Democratic speech...
...discussion in Books III and IV of the American and British episodes of depreciation which include a discussion of the New Deal are a vindication of the monetary policies of the Roosevelt and Mac-Donald-Baldwin regimes. That the American officials frequently chose weapons that were not too effective and the use of which they did not understand does not matter so much as the fact that they moved in the right direction...
...Africa, Father Schulte received the blessings of his namesake (but no kinsman), Joseph Cardinal Schulte, Archbishop of Cologne. Soon after, in 1927, Father Schulte raised some money, founded the Missionalium Vehiculorum Associatio or Missions-Verkchrs-Arbeitsgemeinschajt ("Missionary Communications Association"). Calling it MIVA for short, Father Schulte chose as its motto: Obmam Christo terra marique et in aera ("Toward Christ on land and sea and in the air"). In 1929 he made his first journey to the U. S. to raise more money. Finally the Pope himself gave unqualified approval...
...hiccoughs." Fortnight ago this ebullient musician came out as a composer himself. The M. M. Cole Publishing Co. presented 20 Boguslawski piano pieces, 120 edited classics for children. Simple, but not for musical dunces, the exercises so tickled the Cincinnati Symphony's Assistant Conductor Vladimir Bakaleinikoff that he chose four of the Boguslawski compositions to orchestrate for his coming season of children's concerts. The publishers thereupon commissioned Pianist-Composer Boguslawski to write 180 more children's teaching-pieces, edit 400 classics...