Word: flowingly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been to invite an expert or widely known speaker from the outside, whose appearance alone is sufficient to draw the crowd. The latter procedure, while of considerable value in itself, has proved a weakening influence on the primary purpose of the Union. Members have been awed by a flow of professional eloquence, the invited heckling and speeches from the floor have failed to be forthcoming, and the meeting has resolved itself into a monologue...
...this reason I have arranged to make the intermissions between acts and scenes of a minimum duration; this can easily be accomplished with our type of semi-permanent scenery. When the wait does not exceed half a minute the theatre is kept dark in order to maintain the flow of action and proven occasion for untimely criticism and comparison. For instance, in the ghost scene of "Hamlet," when the prince goes offstage following the Apparition. I try to preserve the immediate thought and keep the old ladies from gossiping about better and worse Hamlets that they have known, by continuing...
...practical contribution to the University, a library room is to be provided for the relief of congestion in the Bodleian Library. The additional space will not only take care of the Bodleian over flow, but will be used to supplement the present collection with books published in America and the Dominions. The new library will be distinctively a library of the literature of the British Commonwealth and the United States. The special Parkin Library, in memory of the late Sir George Parkin, will form a part of this collection...
Opium. Colonel Daniel W. MacCormack of Boston, technical adviser to the Persian government, urged the U. S., France, Germany, Japan, other drug manufacturing countries, to follow Persia in stemming the flow of poppy juice. He said that Persia, following the lead of India, had agreed to reduce the manufacture of opium 10% annually, which, he said, represented a real economic sacrifice since the export of the drug constituted 20% of the export trade and 10% of the government's revenue. No action was taken...
...country has broken out in a rash of airplane companies, if one credits the flow of items which bubble up each morning to attract the newspaper reader. The latest project is a New York-to-Chicago airway; there to connect with the Chicago-and-San Francisco planes, already operating. The fare will be $400; the flying time 32 hours. Trains take 90 hours; cost...