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Word: impressionable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Thence to lunch at Winthrop House and hear much gossip of this and that and then reminded of a sentence I once did write: "A gossip, dear Sagmus, is one who gets the strongest impression from our weakest moments." So to the country where all is sweet.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 5/27/1936 | See Source »

I would be indebted to you if you would correct this impression that you have given.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 25, 1936 | 5/25/1936 | See Source »

Author Heiden divulges the secret that Hitler once wore a pointed beard, gives a contemporary instance of his platform wit. One of a hostile audience shouted: "Take your hands out of your pockets!" To this Hitler shouted back: "Gentlemen, I am not one of those who talk with their hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Two Against One | 5/25/1936 | See Source »

HARPOONER - Robert Ferguson - University of Pennsylvania Press ($2.50). Journal of an unassuming Scottish-U. S. seaman, who calmly recorded his day-today experiences on a four-year whaling expedition in the 1880's. An adept at understatement, Diarist Ferguson conveys the impression that despite the extreme hazards of his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fiction: Recent Books: May 18, 1936 | 5/18/1936 | See Source »

Scene was the big Chicago Auditorium with some 200 Marshall Fielders massed on the stage. Fifty-four Chicago Symphony men were there as assistants. At Edgar Nelson conducted, got the concert off to a rousing start with the Hail Abode from Tannhaüser. Second half of the program was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Chicago Choristers | 5/4/1936 | See Source »

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