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Word: dimness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Another fine example of creative work is found in the photograph entitled "The Bishop's Cantata." As the circular describes it, "Puebia Cathedral in a spectacular burst of evening light with Popocatepetl in the dim blue distance...

Author: By C. C. P., | Title: Collections and Critiques | 10/28/1937 | See Source »

...Name.* The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls, comprise the work for which he is chiefly remembered. Though the Melodies are filled with romantic, hazy references to the woes of Erin, in practical fact the fires of revolutionary ardor in the poet himself had burned very dim. A favorite with fashionable London, he had seen one book of his verses honored by the patronage of the pleasure-seeking Prince of Wales (later George IV). On a visit to the U. S. soon after, he came away from the fledgling republic holding his nose from the ''wretched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bard of Erin | 10/25/1937 | See Source »

...darkens, Europe mixes her cups of deah, all the little Caesars fidget on their thrones. The old wound opens its clotted mouth to ask for new wounds. Men will fight through; men have tough hearts . . . I see far fires and dim degradation Under the warplanes and neither Christ nor Lenin will save you. I see the March rain walk on the mountain, sombre and lovely on the green mountain. . . . I wish you could find the secure value, The allheal I found . . . The splendor of inhuman things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: California Hybrid | 10/18/1937 | See Source »

...last week when Japan, best U. S. cotton customer, stopped buying it in order to conserve her gold. Brokers were quick to remember that cotton prices broke at the onset of the World War, then rose to a thumping 30? a lb. Hopes for increase in domestic consumption were dim last week. Anticipating labor troubles, cotton mills operated at capacity early this year. After the break in prices in July, they curtailed operation to reduce inventories. But sales of cotton goods have lagged and large quantities of cloth are still on hand. Cotton mill activity last week fell below September...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Harvest Moon | 9/27/1937 | See Source »

...which had risen over Persia was setting over Turkey in a final blaze of glory when two men in officer's uniforms emerged from the officers' mess at Mosul airport. Taking seats on a bench overlooking the field they watched the light dim in the west. One of the two was Irak's dictator, General Bakri Sidki Pasha, waiting for a plane to fly to Turkey to witness Turkish army maneuvers. The other was his righthandman, Major Mohamed Ali Jawdat, commander of Irak's air force. In the gathering darkness their cigarets glowed peacefully. A soldier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAK: Retribution | 8/23/1937 | See Source »

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