Word: differences
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...differ with Mr. Nicoll's thesis that the hope for the theatre lies in its return to themes "presented in conventional forms," plots that "took no account of the terms of actuality," and language that "soared on poetic wings." Mr. Nicoll points out that the trend has been toward naturalistic plays, but that it is a trend with no future. He considers that Maxwell Anderson's "Winterset" fulfills his requirements for the stage: it "aims at building a dramatic poetry out of common expression." Yet, in the theatre, a spectator unacquainted with the text would not be aware...
Yale's general examinations will differ in detail and application from Harvard's, however. There will be no oral exams, no special exams within a general field...
Excited newshawks besieged Boss Crump to know whether he and Senator McKellar had had a break. "A break?" asked he. "No. We are still good friends. . . . We just differ on the Governor's race...
...minute production called Cloistered, was on view last week in Manhattan. Critics agreed that it would interest Catholics, clear up for non-Catholics many a misapprehension about life in a nunnery. Devoted specifically to redeeming wayward girls, the Good Shepherd sisters have some 300 houses throughout the world. They differ from most other sisterhoods pictorially (flowing white robes instead of the usual black) and in organization. As postulants maidens of 21 or over may enter the order of their free will, become novices after six months' probation, take the veil of a nun after two years, take their final...
With these views, spoken in an honest, cracker-barrel voice which showed that Alf Landon's efforts to improve his strident, monotonous radio delivery have brought results, hardly a citizen, from President Roosevelt down, could well differ. Nor could they disagree with another remark of Governor Landon's in the course of his interview: "Good intentions are not enough...