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Word: exhibited (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...passable enough, the setting odd enough, the sleuth different enough, the condemned girl interesting enough for the play to have its points. But it swamps them in high-toned irrelevancy. It insists on becoming emotional, even spiritual. It prefers tear jerking to spine-tingling. It keeps slowing down to exhibit one of those suspicious half-wits that, by now, only another half-wit would suspect. As a whodunit, it suffers partly from not knowing its business, partly from not knowing its place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Mar. 5, 1951 | 3/5/1951 | See Source »

...possible explanation of the letter concerns an exhibit put on last fall by the Hayden Planetarium. As a publicity stunt to attract children to the show the Planetarium offered reservations on the first rocket flight to the moon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hollanders Send Request for Two Tickets on University's Moon Trip | 3/1/1951 | See Source »

...Another exhibit looked simply comic at first glance. The Cayuga Indian "Great One" mask, used in rites for the sick, represented a spirit who once challenged the Creator himself to a mountain-moving contest. The Creator responded by smacking a mountain right up against the Great One's nose, leaving him with a permanent nose tilt and a sheepish expression...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Magic Mountain | 2/26/1951 | See Source »

...treasurer of the council, passed too: (1) to award "associate membership" certificates and "certificates of merit" for outstanding contributions to council committee work by non-council members; (2) to award the "Richard Glover and Henry Russell Ames Memorial Aids," after a lapse of two years, to "men who exhibit the sterling character and inspiring leadership that were qualities of Richard and Henry Ames," two former council members

Author: By Winthrop Knowlton, | Title: Council Will Vote Thursday | 1/9/1951 | See Source »

...award was made in recognition of Deknatel's preparation of the first book in English on the work of the 20th century Norwegian artist, Edvard Munch, and for his part in organizing the first exhibit in the United States of Munch's work. His paintings and graphic works were shown last spring at the Fogg Art Museum and at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: King Haakon Honors Deknatel With Cross | 1/5/1951 | See Source »

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