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Word: learnedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Of all Ibsen's plays this seemed to us to run the most smoothly, to give the most semblance of a real slice of life; sordid, yes, but still smacking more of some possible truth than most of the products of this despondent Norseman. Other Ibsen dramas have always left...

Author: By J. H. S., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 5/21/1929 | See Source »

Over four decades ago the brain of Professor Burt Green Wilder of Cornell conceived the idea that much could be learned about the functioning of the human brain if a collection of brains were established for comparative study. He announced the institution of the collection and invited contributions, especially from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wilder Brains | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

Two visionary young men went to Manhattan, last week, where they joyously, officially learned they had won the annual Prix de Rome, one in painting, the other in sculpture. This most-coveted of U. S. art-student awards entitles each of them to $1,600 a year, residence and studio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arts: Manhattan's Hamilton | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

These delicate, unsolved terrors were so sensitively evoked that the Gardens Players won the Cup donated by clerical-collared Producer David Belasco for the best production. There were also two $200 prizes for the best unpublished plays. Hudson Strode of Anniston, Ala., won one of these with The End of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Little Theatre Tournament | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

And all her changes, he might then have learned

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Word After Another | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

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