Word: dark
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Lewisohn Stadium. Iturbi said he was booked for 47 U. S. concerts during the summer. In the Lewisohn Stadium, where three years ago he managed for the first time to make the U. S. think of him as a conductor, Iturbi appeared in a white flannel suit, dark blue shirt and white tie, played Beethoven vigorously. The audience approved the addition of tables at which to sit and drink during the concert...
...Either there is a dark horse heading for the Berlin 400-metre gold medal, or evening dress has extraordinary effect on a runner's capabilities, or someone is fudging...
...dark a piece of presumptive skulduggery to be elucidated last week is the reputed presence in Portugal of Nazi insurrectionists from Germany. In the opinion of Portuguese secret police, these Nazis are deliberately seeking to upset the regime of Premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, who for seven years has run Portugal with such success as to give it one of the best records of any country during Depression. Given the fall of the Salazar regime, the way would be open to satisfy Adolf Hitler's land hunger by the passing into German hands, through purchase or otherwise, of Portuguese...
Trombonist Rodeheaver said the natives liked his song, The Brewer's Big Bosses Can't Run Over Me, and "they're learning the meaning as well as the rhythm of "If Your Heart Keeps Right." Related he: "I step up in the dark of the moon in a strange village. I got no guides, no gun bearers, except my little old trombone of the Lord. I slip into Walk in Jerusalem Just Like John, slow at first and then faster . . . and before long, without my asking 'Will you abide with me or sing with...
Collins & Aikman Corp., Philadelphia upholstery makers, have a moth research laboratory and a corps of collectors who get 5? for each specimen brought in. The insects are kept in dark, insulated, electrically heated rooms, fed choice animal yarns, pitted against experimental proofing compounds. The company guarantees its moth-proofed fabrics for five years with contracts underwritten by an affiliate of Aetna Life Insurance...