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Word: flatly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...days Justice Pecora pondered, then convened his court, announced he would hand down his decision. With the courtroom locked, he read in a firm, dry voice a flat and lawyerlike end to one of the most sensational cases in New York jurisprudence. Because Defendant Hines was charged only with conspiracy to "contrive a lottery," said he, the question about the poultry racket was improper and prejudicial, the request for a mistrial was granted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Cropper | 9/19/1938 | See Source »

...picked by Director Robert Flaherty to play the lead in Elephant Boy two years ago. Now 15 and one of the half-dozen highest paid child stars in cinema, he goes to a boarding school at Beaconsfield, where he plays halfback on the second Rugby team, keeps a flat in London, where he lives with his brother, a tutor and three servants, drives himself about in a miniature car, often visits the London zoo, where he makes friends with the elephants and stables his mongoose, Rikki. In his first picture, Sabu memorized the sound of English words, spoke them without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Sep. 19, 1938 | 9/19/1938 | See Source »

Columbus-Having successfully completed the task of restoring harmony and unity to the Federation of Flat Glass Workers, President Paul W. Fuller submitted his resignation August...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Manufacture of Opinion | 9/19/1938 | See Source »

...consumption only. It is otherwise with Mississippi's Senator Pat Harrison, chairman of the potent Senate Finance Committee. Usually cautious about what he says, he usually means it when he says it. Last week at a meeting of the Democratic State Committee in Jackson. Miss., he spoke. His flat announcement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Pat's Mare | 9/12/1938 | See Source »

BRAHMS: SONATA IN E FLAT MAJOR FOR VIOLA AND PIANO (William Primrose and Gerald Moore; Victor: 6 sides). Brahms wrote this sonata originally for clarinet, then made his own arrangement for viola. NBC Symphony's William Primrose, widely regarded as today's No. 1 violist, gives it an impeccable performance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: September Records | 9/12/1938 | See Source »

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