Word: lengths
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...death seems the more untimely because it is only recently that he has been prevailed upon by his friends to undertake the recording, at greater length than is afforded by periodicals, of his views on many aspects of the world's pressing economic problems. Those writings which he has left, excellent and all-embracing as they are, represent but a scratching of the surface of his thinking. The temperament which made his judgments so wise and so profound has been a factor in costing the world the light which he could have shed upon many problems. Publication so often entails...
Much is being said now about the introduction of the third dimension, that of depth, into the motion picture which, in its present state of development, gives an impression only of length and breadth, with but little perspective. I look forward to seeing many productions of the new type on the screen before the end of the year, and the opportunities for further growth along this line are practically unlimited...
...preliminary trials will take place this afternoon at the Sanders Theatre at which time each aspirant will be required to deliver an approved selection of about 10 minutes in length, without any prompting whatsoever. From the trials today the best ten speakers will be chosen to appear in the finals on April...
...Lawrence appeared on his motorcycle. As it happened Miss West was out and the visitor was received by a secretary of some kind. Undeterred by the lady's absence he ensconced himself in the library and for several hours lectured the secretary on his exploits in Arabia. At length he departed as abruptly as he had arrived. A few weeks later he appeared again and this time no one was home but the cook. He followed her into the kitchen and for two hours held forth on his favorite subject. Then he vanished in a cloud of dust...
...jovial, wavy-haired Charles Aubrey Eaton, onetime Baptist pastor of John D. Rockefeller's Euclid Avenue Church, Cleveland, now a New Jersey Representative; the other by Democratic Leader Finis James Garrett. The Marine Band played sacred music. The Imperial Male Quartet sang hymns. Chaplain Montgomery prayed at length. House Clerk Page read the roster of the dead: Vaile of Colorado, Madden of Illinois, Sweet of New York, Butler of Pennsylvania, Rathbone of Illinois, Frothingham of Massachusetts, Rubey of Missouri, Oldfield of Arkansas, Faust of Missouri, King of Illinois, Gooding (Senator) of Idaho...