Word: dismalness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...proposed trial of Hitler, on the charge of crimes against humanity, centering around the events of June 30th, will be either a great success or a dismal failure, depending on the sincerity of presentation. The evidence must, so far as is possible, be based on facts; emotional appeals will accomplish little. A mock trial of Hitlerism was staged last spring before a rabidly prejudiced audience in Madison Square Garden, but proved nothing because there was no defense. From all reports, the Debating Council is making every effort to have its trial both real and judicious. If the Council makes...
...assails the administration for aimless wandering. None of his aides of the grandfather vintage, such as Mr. Ames in Maine, have faced issues squarely, not to speak of presenting them humanly. No wonder the party has been unable to raise money or supporters, and has so far shored a dismal failure...
...reverie? What bedlam dared intrude on his solitude? Outside, on Kirkland Street, on Broadway, on Mass Avenue the clatter of the American Railway Express, the long-distance moving vans and the less shiny, but far more serviceable vans of local concerns broke the silence of a dismal September...
...Russia in them and often that night I could almost feel the guillotine at my throat. They hated me, yet they were fascinated. I stood for all that women who wear jewels represent. Frankly I think I am the only person in ten years who has given poor dismal Russia a thrill. I taught them a lesson. Hereafter when a girl visits Russia she can wear her jewels. There can be no surprise after...
...dismal hocus-pocus which seems to confuse its actors as much as it fails to frighten its audience. The Black Cat is the work of Director Edgar Ulmer. Silly shot: the Black Mass, with Karloff intoning Latin gibberish...