Word: flatly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...program to be played by Professor Ballantine contains the following numbers: Sonata, Opus 109, by Beethoven; Gigue in G, by Bach; Romance, by Brahms; Cappricio, by Brahms; Impromptu in G. Flat, by Chopin; Rumanian Christmas Songs, by Bartok; and Goldfish, by Debussy...
...went home, the London Naval Parley (TIME, Oct. 22) seemed last week to have reached the crack-up stage. The British Government, after flirting for weeks with all kinds of Japanese proposals, appeared at last to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with U. S. Ambassador Norman Hezekiah Davis in his flat rejection of Japan's demand that the 5-5-3 naval ratio be scrapped to give Japan equality...
Good shots in The Battle's battle: white uniforms on the bridge flapping against a grey sky in what seems to be a mingled whine of wind and speeding turbines; the commander getting the enemy's range again & again in his finder, announcing it in a flat singsong; one gun turret after another reporting "Ready"; a lone survivor in one gun turret groping to the telephone for instructions; sailors, protected by masks and helmets, staggering about in fume-filled turrets, loading the guns (see cut, p. 44). The battle is bitter and bloody. When it is over...
Tire Trouble. Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. made its name with an advertisement in which an elegant gentleman in a roadster, passing an unfortunate motorist with a flat tire, sings out breezily: "That happened to me once before I began to use Kelly-Springfield!" But Kelly-Springfield's name was always bigger than its business. Even before the profitless little company was recapitalized two years ago, a fight developed between its stockholders and its management. The stockholders blamed the management for Kelly-Springfield's troubles. The management blamed Depression. A third group, the noteholders, stayed out of the argument...
...stockmarket. That year Tilden also turned professional. Last year in partnership with Tilden Mr. O'Brien amply demonstrated that a big tennis player can cash in handsomely on his talents. Net of last year's operations was $144,000. Vines got a flat 50% of that. This year he is going to get only 12½% of the gross, expected to run around $200,000. The new attractions, Lott and Stoefen, will be paid on the same basis...