Word: flatly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...least a friendly nod for the funny Sycamores' British cousins. First acting prize went to Gladys Henson as the new maid, Beer, a name that suits her perfectly. Her getup, contortions, expressive voicelessness and eye-rolling, best described by what psychiatrists call "heavenly nystagmus," save an otherwise flat and conventional conclusion...
...strife between Montagues & Capulets, the love between their offspring, the appearance of Friar Laurence, the death of the lovers. By cutting whole pages of repetition and development, Conductor Kostelanetz will give casual listeners this week a pretty good idea what Tchaikovsky was driving at in only 285 sec. flat. Likewise the overture to The Barber of Seville will be reduced from 7 min. to 1½ min. and the late George Gershwin's 16-min. American In Paris will be streamlined to 4½ min. Baritone John Charles Thomas, first of 13 soloists on Kostelanetz' new series, will...
...pointed directly downward. At least two dozen flying fish of lengths varying from 18 to 24 in. were attracted to this lighted area. At intervals one or two seals came alongside, either in search of a meal, or else to play and sport with the fish. The weather was flat calm- no wind, water motionless, with barely perceptible swells. When swimming easily-not excited-the flying fish used their wings, not so much to assist their swimming speed as to increase their maneuvrability. Their main propulsion is by the very powerful tail...
Last week, after a record trip from Alaska (via Los Angeles; time 21½ hours) Mattern's plane roared into Washington, D. C. Next day, with his report and dozens of photographs-including one of his Ford refueler flat on its back three miles from Fairbanks-he stepped briskly up the steps of the Soviet Embassy to discourage further search, to ask for $25,000 compensation for his wrecked ship. The Embassy differed widely with Mattern on his methods of search, Arctic conditions and the value of his damaged plane, expressed sharp displeasure at his failure to find...
...worst features of this unhealthy and undignified competition for students, Tunis continues, is that many of the smaller colleges now are developing for better sales forces than teaching staffs. Nearly all have "recruiting agents," or "Directors of personnel" who receive flat commissions on each student brought in. Often small scholarships are offered as an inducement to get the student into the college and then bills are sent in for extra fees which exactly make up the amount of the scholarship...