Word: depict
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...well-known Yale spirit of adventure, which has more than once led to important undertakings, has once again shown itself. This time it is the field of the "movies" which Yale has undertaken to explore, and the precise purpose of the "fillum" is to depict, accurately and vividly, the whole panorama of American history from Columbus to the Conference. One hundred reels is the present program; and for want of more suitable direction, the work will be in charge of the University Press...
Twenty short stories in the lighter vein which reveal the keen, sardonic sparkle of Merrick's humor, and are excellent examples of his ability to depict the life of the boulevards...
...word of Soviets is all that binds contracts, all that protects American interests. Business men of this country would prefer the protection of the United States in these matters; they would profit from the advantages of an official understanding with the Soviets. No wonder that ambitious money-makers depict Russia in alluring colors as the very model of a desirable partner in business transactions, with its vast resources and intense desire for manufactures...
Thus did Mr. Williams depict the uncertainty as to the next day which the laborer had to suffer. This uncertainty he declared was at the bottom of all labor trouble. It explains sabotage and discontent. "If we are to settle the labor problem," he said "we must make employment more regular...