Word: declaim
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...Farrar gave Caruso in Carmen, the hot potato he mischievously pressed into Nordica's hand. Playing Tosca in Vienna before the War, Jeritza fell on her face, coolly sang the tender aria Vissi d'arte prone. Margaret Anglin once stalked out onto the Carnegie Hall stage to declaim Electra's grief, was appalled to find a cat peering out of her flowing Greek gown. Once when Mischa Levitzki was performing in Carnegie Hall, a mouse crept close to the piano, sat up when the pianist played softly, scuttled off when he played loudly, returned for the pianissimi...
...count them one by one, was the chief speaker at the 37th annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society in Cleveland last week. Dr. Millikan, who has a strong urge for evangelism acquired from his preacher father, stretched his advertised topic "High Energy Radiations and Their Uses" to declaim that "a democracy like ours cannot survive and war can never be eliminated unless we can learn to solve our social problems by the rational method." Less original but also instructive were the addresses which disclosed the following recent developments in medical x-ray technique...
...York to Paris on May 21, 1937.* Though details are still unsettled, the race will be open to all comers, will be for a first prize of 1,000,000 francs ($65,000). This promptly inspired the newspaper Intransigeant to offer an aeronautical Blue Ribbon of the Atlantic, declaim: "France desires that Colonel Lindbergh's exploit shall be commemorated as an historical event." If one condition of the proposal is carried out, the commemoration may well prove a shambles. Decreed Minister Cot: The race must be flown on May 21, come hell or hurricane...
Before voting, the Guildmen heard New York's Mayor Fiorello ("Little Flower") LaGuardia declaim: "I think the Pullman porters had some difficulties similar to yours. Like you, they are scattered all over the country, and some are on the road all the time, so that it is extremely difficult for them to assemble. Further more, they met a most stubborn resistance on the part of employers. Airmail and passenger-line pilots, like you, originally resented the suggestion that they join in a labor group. They are now affiliated with the American Federation of Labor...
...will be selected on Saturday to declaim in the finals, which will be held on Wednesday, March...