Word: endlessly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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ANYONE who has ever climbed with a pack on his back knows the drag on the shoulders, the seemingly endless upward effort necessary to progress. At such times, the tramper searches his memory for some poem to symbolize that steady, grinding advance, a perspiring conquest analogous in a small way to the sustained march of the pioneers across this country. No such uphill epic has, so far as I know, ever been written...
...many types of musical comedy, ranging from the regal romance, laden with sobs, wishy-washy waltzes, and heavy footed comedians, through the blonde-chorused extravaganza with its endless array of stars, to the so-called "intimate" type, the last named is usually more dependable. Some pleasant tunes, a voice or two, a bit of fun, and a few good dancers, strung together on a thread of a plot, can fill an evening very happily. If the plot is stretched to an extreme fineness, almost all individuality removed from the music, and the good voice or two done away with, very...
This for one trail. If one associates himself with a trail system of any size, he will find so many problems and matters of interest that they will exclude every other activity if given rein. The lore and the lure of the trail are equally endless. The write can testify that one may spend years on the matter of trail signs, always finding it interesting and always learning something new. For no one yet knows the best type of sign for trails...
...Minuet of Will-o'-the-Wisps," "Dance of the Sylphs" and the "Rakoczy March," and sandwiched in between, featured, a U. S. work, given its first Manhattan performance in manuscript. Pan and the Priest it was called-Pan, the Pagan spirit of unfettered emotions, crossing swords in an endless battle with the Priest, meditative ascetic. Critics found it "striding with energy and lifted head, large- molded, full-throated," "excellent music for a feature film, to depict the struggle of the upper and lower natures of man. . . . concentrated noise," "displaying nothing of striking originality in either melody or harmony...
...lowered head down into a tank of water, barred inside. An assistant, sometimes in impressive rubber clothing, stands by with an ax while a canopy is lowered over the tank, ready to smash the glass and release the water if Mr. Houdini's life is endangered. After an endless wait for the audience, out comes Mr. Houdini, dripping but quite free. Like about 50% of Mr. Houdini's vaudeville program, the solution of the "Chinese water-cell" escape is clear to any observer of normal alertness. The stocks used are made of wooden halves fitting into an iron...