Word: dreamed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...heel of the voters of America. Their end was gain, their methods vicious lies or nebulous promises. But their days are numbered, and their sway ended. The Coughlins, Curleys, Lemkes, Smiths and others have been discarded to the rubbish heap of American opinion. Is it too much to dream that America will keep them there? Dare we hope that we will remain as free of these vermin during the years to come as we are today in the year...
...Aberdeen, N. C., M. S. Hawkins, tobacco "farmer," was sleeping in the cab of a truck which he had driven into a tobacco warehouse the night before, intending to unload and sell his tobacco the next day. Mr. Hawkins dreamed that he was crossing a railroad track, that his vehicle was about to be struck by an oncoming train. At that critical juncture in his dream a fast freight actually roared by along a track near the warehouse, with a jangle of bell and blast of whistle. Not waiting to open the door, Tobacco Grower Hawkins hastily dived through...
...rests on a shrewd instinct in selecting men. Under him, Warner Bros, have acquired a reputation for daring experiments, a reputation largely due to Wallis' eclectic tastes. In recent months, he has pioneered with fantasy (Green Pastures), costume romance (Anthony Adverse), poetic drama (A Midsummer Night's Dream). Less publicized than any other Hollywood executive. Producer Wallis lives on a ranch in the San Fernando Valley, drives a Cadillac to work, plays a little golf on Sunday. He has been known to turn down his wife, Comedian Louise Fazenda. for pictures he did not think she suited. Spasmodic...
...assortment: Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, Amelia Earhart, Stratospherist Major Albert William Stevens, George Henry High of the Royal Photographic Society, Editor Kenneth Wilson Williams of Eastman Kodak trade publications. To Nowell Ward of Chicago, for a picture of a handsome little boy drowsing over a book while a sort of dream picture of dueling pirates appeared over his shoulder, they finally awarded first prize of $1,000. plus the special $500 prize in the division of children's por traits...
With December fifteenth set as deadline for the Henry Fund Fellowships, the need for seniors to plan far ahead of time the years that lie beyond graduation takes on added importance. Too often a student goes through his final year in college with his eyes closed as in a dream to the plunge that waits the other side of Class Day, and he wakes up rudely to find the opportunity for study and travel abroad denied him simply because he failed to apply in good season...