Word: dismays
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...begins the series of bravura roles which still cause critical dismay and the almost unanimous opinion that Katharine Cornell is an actress who has triumphed in spite of her parts. The actress disagrees. "I have never been persuaded by a management to appear in a production in which I did not wish to be seen. Whatever may be said about the drama in which I have acted, I am very glad I selected them for in every one of them I have benefited greatly in the development of my work by the experience gained." In analysis, her playing these parts...
With 21 other Wiener Sängerknaben (Singing Boys of Vienna), small Wilhelm Herp, 12, was riding along in a special Pullman car between Three Rivers and Quebec one day last month, rehearsing for the next concert. Suddenly, to the dismay of Wilhelm Herp & friends but as it must to most young males, adolescence came to Wilhelm Herp. In the midst of a note his clear young alto voice sharply, ludicrously "broke." Obviously he could sing no more on the Wiener Sängerknaben 's U. S. tour (TIME, Nov. 14). There were 30-odd concerts still to come...
...Congress is saying 'Let's see the grass.' " Most Senators and Representatives felt that European debtor nations were ganging the U. S. taxpayer and Congress was that harried individual's last line of defense. The few Congressmen whose minds remained open observed with dismay that owing largely to the uncertainty of Europe's paying $124,000,000, the value of securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange had slumped $3,500,000,000 in three weeks, farm commodity values untold millions more...
...after New York City's special mayoralty election it was announced that Acting Mayor Joseph Vincent ("Holy Joe") McKee, no candidate, had received some 137,000 "protest" votes, to the alarmed dismay of Tammany Hall and its bull-jowled nominee for Mayor, John Patrick ("Potatoes") O'Brien. To cast a McKee vote citizens had to write his name in on voting machines-a process hampered by ignorance, lack of pencils and the hostility of Tammany election officials...
...Smith outpourings also sent a shudder of dismay through Democratic headquarters. Charles Hand, oldtime Manhattan newshawk, who had been serving as Speaker Garner's political chaperon, was suddenly transferred to Mr. Smith. They were old Democratic friends. No one expected able "Charlie" Hand to muzzle Al Smith as Speaker Garner had been muzzled but Democratic headquarters counted on his discreetly steering the Brown Derby into more helpful channels...