Word: harshe
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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FOUR years ago the Voice of Experience began, accents somewhat harsh, to dole out solace to believers in loudspeaker comfort. Today The Voice an audience of millions, and it is generally known that their adviser is Marion Sayle Taylor. Mr. Taylor an LL.D., made so a year ago by William Jewell College (Liberty, Mo.) on a June day proclaimed Liberty's mayor as "Voice of Experience Day." For three years The Voice studied at William Jewell, he took his A. B. at Pacific University...
...simplicity of "Poil de Carotte" may be counted among its distinguishing merits. Yet at the same time none of the characters is lacking in depth. The plot concerns itself with the tragic childhood of a young boy subjected to the inexorable tyranny of an unjust mother. Buffeted by the harsh tribulations of unhappy domestic life, he becomes engulfed in a whirlwind of despair which barely escapes culmination in a terrible fate. It is not until his psychological problem is fully understood by his father, a victim of unhappy matrimony, that he finds solace in the maxim that...
...appreciate the Legion's defense of crippled veterans in the face of unjust ridicule. Who would not rise to their defense? But "HELLO SUCKER" certainly does not ridicule. It deplores the tragedy of the veteran so maimed. It presents only the truth, harsh and startling. In war times, words are never minced. Why mince them now when peace is a great nation's wish...
...most part his work gives the impression of crudeness of execution, notably "Falls at Scheffelhausen", which might almost be called modernistic in its conception; its harsh dynamic lines suggest symbolism or impressionism. "Pass of Faido" seems dark, stark, and dreary, and is painted in dull grey and browns. "Looking down from Florence toward Lucca" is Ruskin's sole really vivid contribution; done with sweeping dabs of blue and green, it is startling and very effective...
...life, only to dance it." To drum & cymbal accompaniment she danced in 1919 before an audience of the sick and neurasthenic at a Swiss Kurhaus. She looked scrawny and underfed, but she had developed her muscular control almost to perfection, danced with a strange violence, twisted herself to make harsh angular patterns, staring into space as if she saw no audience. The neurasthenics liked her, and so did many a healthy German who saw her frequently thereafter. Some were baffled by her meaning, but her gymnastics appealed to all. prompted the vogue of Tanzgymnastik, the physical culture drive which swept...