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...accurate news broadcasts nevertheless are not music to Gestapo ears. Germans caught listening to them in groups of three or more, for example, may find themselves in concentration camps. The B. B. C. broadcasts should have been hard for Gestapo snoopers to spot, because they are usually spoken in flawless German, but the Bow Bell chimes proved a dead giveaway. Last fortnight B. B. C. decided to keep the Bow Bells at home for the Cockneys, substituted for German ears a softly ticking metronome instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Alarums | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

Joyce is constantly jotting down overheard phrases, is especially interested in dialects, Midwestern American, British colonial, newspaper jargon. He speaks Italian as smoothly as English, flawless French, fluent German, knows some dozen other tongues, including outlandish Lapp. At present Joyce is not writing. His wife is trying to get him started on something, because when he is not working he is hard to live with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: Night Thoughts | 5/8/1939 | See Source »

Errorless fielding and flawless judgement might have produced a win against North Carolina, but the outdoor practice since February 15, spelled a 16-12 defeat for Harvard. Healey pitched well for the losers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASEBALL TEAM MAKES FAIR SPRING SHOWING | 4/10/1939 | See Source »

...same cannot be said for Walter Abel; he poses from one side of the stage to the other; and though the audience is expected to envision him as something of a great or romantic ham, he is unconvincing their as great or romantic; his greatest asset is his flawless reading of lines...

Author: By V.f. Jr., | Title: The Playgoer | 3/9/1939 | See Source »

Kirkland exhibited almost flawless timing on spinners and reverses. One play especially was deceptive, a center delayed buck on a fake spinner, which gained consistently. The entire Deacon line fought hard, tackled cleanly and effectively...

Author: By J. PHILIP Lyford, | Title: Kirkland Steamrollers Eli Champions, 18-0 | 11/12/1938 | See Source »

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