Word: major
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Lord Halifax thus argued from the premise that Germany would actually have fought if Munich had not given Hitler what he demanded - a major premise now challenged by critics of the Prime Minister, who insist that "Hitler was only bluffing. There was no real danger of war." Last week Franklin Roosevelt said of Munich in the course of his remarks on the Dies Committee (see p. 7): "Three weeks ago the civilized world was threatened by the immediate outbreak of a world war. Cool heads pleaded for the continuance of negotiations. People may properly differ as to the result...
...football fans knew the systems of their favorite teams. They knew what to expect from a team that used the Notre Dame system, what to expect from a team that used the Warner system. But the universal practice of scouting has changed all that. Today no major college sticks to either of these famed post-War standard brands of play. Each coach teaches his own version of the Notre Dame or the Warner-or a cross-breeding of both-varying his attack to suit the talents of his players and to upset the calculations of his opponents. Although tackling...
...Major reason for present-day gate receipts of $75,000,000 during an eight-week college football season is the increasing prevalence of wide-open play, more pronounced this year than ever before. Almost every major college has at least one better-than-average runner, one better-than-average passer. The forward pass, written into the rules in 1906, wandered around as a hit-or-miss side line for a quarter of a century. Now, since it has become the darling of the Rules Committee, the pass has developed into a major technique-classified into spot, crossover, alley, flat aerials...
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E Flat Major (Boston Symphony, Sergei Koussevitzky conducting: Victor: 10 sides). One of the big-domed Finn's more ingratiating symphonies, magnificently played and recorded. The lusty tone poem Pohjola's Daughter fills out the last three sides...
Roussel: Quartet in D Major, Op. 45 (Roth String Quartet; Columbia: 6 sides). Sounding like César Franck double-distilled, the late Albert Roussel's subtle, tenuous music is voluptuously performed...