Word: dictions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...small nations, led by Belgium, wanted to make it read "solely within the juris diction." John Foster Dulles won the day for the U.S. view by pointing out that almost no economic matter was "solely" within a single nation's purview...
Perhaps the most destructive source of all to the tragic element of the play is the diction of several of the players. Blanche Yurka and Bert Lytell, as the hero's parents, are adequate in poorly-constructed roles, as are other less-important actors, Unfortunately for the audience, however, the author decided to-include in his piece several juveniles of the most objectionable variety. Tortuous as it is to sit through lengthy minutes of childish mock battles and other entertaining sports, it becomes living death by comparison to endure more than two hours of little boys and girls wandering around...
...rubbed shoulders with the people for many years. ... He is humble and unassuming. He has lofty ideals. He has attained a great height in education. He commands enviable diction of the English language. He is eloquent and his thoughts flow. He is ready-witted. He is independent in business. He is independent in action. He is independent in ideas. He is independent in decisions. He is a courageous debater. He is a forceful speaker. He is a good scholar. He is a level-headed citizen. He is sociable and approachable. He is brimful of experience. He has tact and common...
...publisher is Dagobert Donald Runes, a Viennese Ph.D. who runs a scholarly little busi ness in Manhattan. Since coming to the U.S. in 1927, he has issued encyclopedias and diction aries of philosophy, literature, child guidance, petroleum, science and technology...
Chief recording problem was to find readers with a pleasing voice quality, an ability to hold an even reading pace. A few clergymen filled the bill, but most recordings were made by diction-expert stage and radio people...