Word: instrument
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...again it must not be forgotten that at the heart of this new instrument of democracy, which is so superior to the partisan newspaper, lies the Federal Communications Commission. By act of Congress it is the duty of the Commission to see that the candidates of all parties are afforded equal broadcasting facilities. As yet campaign broadcasting is comparatively young, and the larger radio station owners have not had their partisan animosities seriously aroused. But, if ever such feeling should rise in the future, the American public should resist any effort at repeal of the law as they would...
Aviation's newest instruments and piloting techniques for "blind" flying and landing in fog and bad weather will be described by Lieutenant Benjamin S. Kelsey, Instructor in Aero-Photography, United States Army Air Corps, in a lecture on "Aerial Navigation and Instrument Flying" tonight at 8 o'clock at the Institute of Geographical Exploration, 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge...
...busy. For example, Ciccro, should I want to communicate with Mussolini and tell him what an ass he is--even as you would tell Caesar--I need not take a reed pen and write on parchment and thence by messenger to Rome; no I need but take up an instrument and can speak to him direct. Does this amaze you? But I assure you, friend, what we gain in time, we lose in thoroughness...
Last week Hofmann again proved his power with long-familiar music, made his piano seem not like a man-made instrument but like a vibrant human voice spontaneously singing, whispering, shouting to the skies. Every piano student knew the pieces by Gluck, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt. But fresh cause for wonder were Hofmann's dazzling arpeggios, the flying double octaves, the countless tonal colors. Said Critic Olin Downes in the New York Times next day: "It was playing of the grandest and most compelling sort...
Oliver lives simply--his money is a responsibility, not an instrument for pleasure. He bestows lavish gifts on his cousin Mario because Mario enjoys money more than he. Oliver goes to Williams because his uncle, Professor Bumstead, thinks the small and democratic college is better for him than Harvard. He plays football, sensationally, but only because it is his duty to play for his fellows. He accompanies his father on a cruise because he thinks he should and actually enjoys himself somewhat, but refuses to spend additional time with his father in the Mediterranean because it is his duty...