Word: epithets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There is a reason for this ecstatic epithet, for Mrs. Coolidge has done more than any American, perhaps anyone in the world, to popularize and encourage this art. More than, that she has had a real influence on the course of music in the twentieth century. One critic wrote of her concerts, "They have become a sort of musical weathervane. They show us how the mind is set in contemporary music...
Being in a big city has its advantages and disadvantages. At Columbia, the chief disadvantage is the commuter problem, and the split between resident and commuting students can be seen in the epithet "carpetbagger" which the former apply to the latter...
...while the plot does manage to work its way not over obtrusively into this pictorialization of post-war life. The acting by Paul Lukas, Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, and others is adequate and at times even rises above this epithet, but the picture itself surpasses any individual performances...
Burke hopes to get an Activities Coordinator installed early next fall, so that the pre-election months will not see too much fist-fighting and epithet-slinging in the neighborhood of the Yard...
Neighbors remember Clifford as a shy boy with "a mass of golden ringlets," who sold Saturday Evening Posts and sang in the Episcopal choir. He was never any trouble. Like most good little boys, he suffered under the inevitable epithet of "sissy." At St. Louis' Washington University he played juvenile leads in college shows. His casting in these parts always caused lively competition from girls who wanted to play opposite him. Then, as now, he was 6 ft. 2 in., very symmetrical, with rippling, taffy-colored hair. He played tennis and sang baritone in the glee club. Toward...