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Word: latters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...made with a single instrument. But Handel needed relaxation between the sections of his Oratorios, so he turned to the Concerto, which in its contemporary state proved to be too heavy. Either some new form was needed, or some old one had to be developed. Handel decided upon the latter. Let the concerto be a show piece for the player's virtuosity, by injecting the element of display. Not only did Handel introduce many decorative passages, but in many places he supplied a figured bass, leaving the interpretation to the soloist. Then he went still further by putting a pause...

Author: By Paul Jaretzki, | Title: The Music Box | 3/5/1940 | See Source »

Last week Premier Yonai still had his confidence and his office. Because of the former he could probably keep the latter. But the Japan he had inherited, and the three-legged stability he had promised for it, had deteriorated in four dizzy weeks into something very close to chaos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Son of a Samurai | 3/4/1940 | See Source »

...second line is on an almost equal par with the first. Juniors Rog Hozen, and Scotty McLennan have teamed up with Sophomore Gig Carton to spark the attack in recent games. Murdoch may also use a third line of big George Seabury, Nick Franchot, and Ed Toland, with the latter likely to get a chance to operate in the first combination...

Author: By Yale News and Barry SORTHLAN Sports writer, S | Title: Outcome of Hockey Game Is Uncertain As Are All Harvard-Yale Encounters | 3/2/1940 | See Source »

...spite of his strange and somewhat comic name, turns out to be none other than the stock Cabell hero, although figuring in a highly exotic environment. One would say, offhand, that the world of the Norse sagas is the last place to look for one of Mr. Cabell's latter-day Jurgens: middle-aged, disillusioned-but-invincibly-romantic, garrulous, priapic...

Author: By Milton Crane, | Title: The Bookshelf | 3/2/1940 | See Source »

...Cossack approached, playing its searchlights, the Altmark broke free, tried to swing around and ram the Cossack. The latter darted alongside and grappled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Rescue in a Fjord | 2/26/1940 | See Source »

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