Word: dwelt
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Speaking at Louisville, Ky. he dwelt on flood control in similar statesmanlike perspective : ''When I went to Washington nearly six years ago, I found that there were many different agencies . . . dealing with disasters . . . but there was no coordination between them. That flood last year on the Ohio and the Mississippi gave me an opportunity to test out the new machinery which I created...
...Frank Harding published a Cake Walk version of I Dreamt That I Dwelt in Marble Halls, from Balfe's opera, The Bohemian Girl. The skies did not fall, but ever since then it has been good publicity: 1) to jazz a well-known classic or dead-serious folksong, 2) to goad a few naive busybodies into protest, 3) to pretend that the incident is splitting the world of music into two opposing camps of foamy-lipped zealots...
...aimed at those for whom business is "health, religion, friendship, love" is the core, "The Henrletta" is well above the level of melodrama, and hence there will be no burlesquing of maudlin morality, but rather a serious rendition of serious social comment, on the theme that has since been dwelt upon by Lewis, O'Neill, and others...
...have any holding companies? Since he mentioned banks as an example, this was naturally taken to mean all holding companies, not just utility holding companies. At his first press conference last week he remarked that he had not used the word in a dictionary sense. At his second, he dwelt on the fact that he had meant only utility and bank holding companies. And to the Advisory Council he retracted even to the point of admitting that "proper" utility holding companies are "advantages for the public good...
...confident imperialist feels he is a big man with friends and allies, and Mr. Hirota dwelt upon how "Italy, understanding our true motives, has collaborated with us along all lines." As Disraeli might have referred to the voyages of the then Prince of Wales (later Edward VII), he announced: "I am glad to say that Japan and Germany have been brought closer together than ever by such auspicious events as the visit of His Imperial Highness Prince Chichibu, who was pleased to make a tour of that country...