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Word: dies (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Pointing to the Abbé, defendant Maurice Lourdin cried: "There sits the Devil, Satan himself! . . . He is the greatest sorcerer of the age. He can make people die, with or without pain, as he desires. . . . He sent upon us awful maladies. I suffer from them. . . . Our Sainted Mother suffers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Abb | 2/1/1926 | See Source »

...that too is not unusual. It has a lot of dancing and at least two good tunes, and a few minutes with Harry Kelly here and there that are happily hilarious. The piece is based on an old one of William Collier's called Never Say Die, and relates the adventures of a young man whom the doctors had allotted one more month to live. Said critics: "It is funny, is it not? how fellows like that in fiction always make a fool out of the doctors. The American Medical Association ought to do something about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: The Best Plays: Feb. 1, 1926 | 2/1/1926 | See Source »

Tonight at 7.30 o'clock the curtain will rise at the Boston Opera House on "Die Walkure," the Harvard Night production for 1926. The opera, which has long been a favorite with Boston audiences, is always sure to draw a full house and with the cooperation of the University Music Department the Chicago Civic Company is doubly sure of a record breaking audience. The ticket agencies are already sold out and there is every indication that even the standing room quota will be filled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Die Walkure" Billed for Harvard Night With Chicago Opera Company Tonight--Brunnhilde Likes College Men | 1/26/1926 | See Source »

...resist. All three composers attain moments of depth. Nevertheless when I want music which I know will have the effect of satisfying me completely I turn to Wagner. I love the Ring of the Nigbelingen and am never quite certain which individual opera stands foremost in my affections. 'Die Walkure', judging from the number of times it has been produced, is probably the popular favorite. The role of Brunnhilde is a beautiful one. Other singers than the great Johanna Gadski have attained fame...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Die Walkure" Billed for Harvard Night With Chicago Opera Company Tonight--Brunnhilde Likes College Men | 1/26/1926 | See Source »

...could get arbitration for the future. But the miners answered it flatly: "No arbitration!" Each side tried to present its plan in such a guise that the other would accept it. Each time the other side refused to be "fooled." Finally one of the operators moved to adjourn sine die, subject to call. The miners refused to second the motion. So one of the operators seconded it. Then both miners and operators voted to adjourn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COAL: Peace Affair | 1/25/1926 | See Source »

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