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Word: deeps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...third portrait is that of an Old Scotchman, seated at ease by his books. Raeburn has put personal character in every line, using strong lights and deep shadows and marked features. Detail work is avoided, except in the treatment of the head and of the books. Brushwork is done in the same manner, in crisp, bold planes. The result is a wise and kindly gentleman, painted with elegance and charm...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Collections & Critiques | 5/3/1938 | See Source »

Several weeks ago, in your review of [TIME, March 21] Richard Eberhart's Reading the Spirit, you called this young, intelligent, deep-thinking poet a "ham." Everyone knows what a "ham" actor is, but it seems to me TIME has very vulgarly tried to coin a new word where there is no need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 2, 1938 | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

...spring fever but sheer stupidity beset TIME'S checker. To Playwright and Novelist Christa Winsloe, deep apologies for inexcusably confusing her with another onetime Baroness Hatvany. To Journalist Thompson, all thanks for setting the record straight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 2, 1938 | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

...Small, deep-voiced Dr. Herbert Fox, comparative pathologist of the University of Pennsylvania, studied the incidence of arthritis in animals at the Philadelphia Zoo, found this joint disease in the front legs of hyenas and leopards, the hind legs of antelope, deer and wild pigs, the necks and hands of gorillas. He concluded that in mammals (including man) the parts put to most strenuous use are the most susceptible to arthritis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Philosophers in Philadelphia | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

...incomparable Samuel Goldwyn dug deep into his plush, silken topper and drew out Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Adolph Menjou, The Ritz Brothers, Kenny Baker, Andrea Leeds, Helen Jepson, and the great Zorina. He mixed them all together, added a dash of technicolor, and even put his name in the title; and out of it all emerged "The Goldwyn Follies." Wandering in and out of Hollywood sets and hamburg stands, leaping from the insane antics of the Ritz brothers to the majestic beauty of "La Traviata," and combining jazz and the ballet in preposterous fashion, it dwarfs everything previously produced...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 4/26/1938 | See Source »

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