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Word: isn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...attitude of Nemo isn't fair. I do not question, and I doubt if Lindbergh would question, the fact that the crass vulgarities of Nemo and his type are true reflections of character. Even if addled adolescents were not so noisily boastful about their Scollay Square standards, the same would be as obvious as dirty finger nails. No one disputes their preference for bawds, flasks and vacuums. It is easy to believe that their taste is genuine. By the same token one can readily admit the looseness of their code of business ethics. If they were on the other...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stardust | 2/14/1934 | See Source »

...over and decide what the topic of the question is. For instance; if the question is "Will a Ford go faster than a Buick?" On first appearance that question looks like a natural for a good old "Yes" or a good old "No," but under the Harvard system that isn't the half of it. First you look the question over, and come to the conclusion that the general subject is automobiles. Then you just go ahead and get as much as you know about automobiles down on paper before the thirty minutes is up as you can. That...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Small Fry | 2/7/1934 | See Source »

...some of us "old grads" too old-fashioned in feeling a little uncomfortable by reading in the headlines of the CRIMSON, that "Conant asks for this," and "Conant does that?" Isn't President Conant's position one that demands particular respect and consideration? Francis Call Woodman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The President in The Headlines | 2/2/1934 | See Source »

Because critics derided Soprano Ljungberg's dancing, she undertook next day to defend herself: ''Strauss showed me how he wanted the dance done. Salome isn't a character defined exactly in history. There is no description of how she danced. Strauss told me he didn't want it to be hoppy and jumpy. It was a thought dance in his conception. ... I am not a dancer. I have never studied dancing, but for the opera I do not think that is important. I am willing to do the dance in order to be allowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Wanton's Return | 1/22/1934 | See Source »

...told they stand by their country. Where should we be if we copied them? "Perhaps this behavior is because His Grace has met with troubles in England, but I think one shouldn't shirk his duty. One should put personal pettinesses on one side-life isn't beer and skittles, even to a duke. And a duke should know he is able to stand up to trouble, and he should know where his duty lies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Doctor & Duke | 1/15/1934 | See Source »

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