Word: hummed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Things begin to hum when a new boy arrives, tough Red Barry (Burgess Meredith). Red tried to slip a gun to his brother, waiting to be electrocuted in the State's death house. Actor Meredith, until recently the Dormouse and Tweedledee...
...long rectangular square in Naples, a crowd which fills the place solidly from wall to wall has been waiting for hours. In spite of the burning sun, the enthusiasm has never abated, and the low hum of the densely packed mob is steadily increasing in volume. There is a stir on the small balcony of the building at the extreme end of the plaza, a short, black-shirted, uniformed figure steps briskly to the balustrade, and the low hum swells instantly to a tumultuous roar which becomes ever louder as the minutes wear by. On the balcony the little...
...feet again, President Hammond starts to make things hum. He demands and gets the resignation of his Secretary of State. He addresses an army of unemployed, enlists them in a civilian workers corps. He gets rid of all his Cabinet when they plot against him. When there is a motion in Congress to impeach him, he adjourns Congress, makes himself dictator. Molested by a tycoon gangster, he places his secretary at the head of a corps of Federal police in armored cars. They bombard the gangster's distillery, deliver its occupants to a firing squad. Throughout the picture...
...check on his major interest so that the student may get a broader view of the field, and yet be led to see the problems it contains, I believe the research aspect is wholesome and stimulating. Personally I am afraid tutorial guidance is often factual alone, and becomes a "hum-drum" to the student--just one more piece of work. On that plane, tutorial instruction is not necessary stimulating. If the student receives, it is due to his own enthusiasm and not that of the tutor. Before considering a necessity for two degrees, would it not be worth while...
...prairies, over ragged mountains, through black tunnels, the silver gray wires hum from pole to pole, as they streak their messages across the country. Under great lakes of cold water, across rivers, and rolling on the bottom of black oceans, the dirty, slimy cables tremble with the news they carry to foreign lands. The air is alive with wave lengths, criss-crossed a thousand-fold...