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Word: lightnesses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...playwright is to be found in his latest play, the first of a trilogy in which, believe it or not, he evidently seeks to answer no less a question than: What is God? It is the dramatization of that inexplicable bewilderment that has befogged men from the first grey light of a primeval dawn. To the farrago of groping speculation that has entangled the ages, O'Neill has brought the confusion of his own technique in the theatre. It could scarcely be expected that the result would be clarity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Feb. 25, 1929 | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

...shed upon her by George Bernard Shaw, the Archangels, and others of the chosen, she stands alone, a heartless public, their adamant faces clouded only with disapproval, relentlessly opposing her. Like the forlorn little match girl in the sad German legend she shivers in the darkness trying to spread light and warmth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE WELL UNPLUMBED | 2/23/1929 | See Source »

...love for the sea and alrllity in administration, is more than fitted for his new work. Incidentally he will probably be the only man from New England to be chosen for the cabinet. That his appointment should be as secretary to the navy department is altogether proper, in the light of this section's maritime tradition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MR. ADAMS'S APPOINTMENT | 2/21/1929 | See Source »

Heinrich Hertz (1857-94) discovered electro-magnetic waves. Light was realized to be an electro-magnetic phenomenon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Einstein's Field Theory | 2/18/1929 | See Source »

...Light and power lines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Strong Copper | 2/18/1929 | See Source »

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