Word: manner
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Tower, you say that President Coolidge called the bells by the Americanized version of "karilon." As one who attended the dedication and heard all the speeches, I hasten to tell you that your informant was incorrect. President Coolidge was the only one present who said carillon in the French manner. All those connected with the building of the Tower call it "Karilon," with the accent on the first syllable...
...tombstone for Reed but a tombstone by Reed was his 37,000 word report on his special committee's long-drawn investigation of the manner in which William S. Vare of Philadelphia got nominated for and elected to the Senate...
...potent is the subject that shrewd Evangelist William Ashley ("Billy") Sunday has chosen it as the main theme of his latest barnstorming tour. In Elyria, Ohio, he gospel-shouted last week: "God made Adam and Eve without human agencies. So he certainly could create Jesus in a supernatural manner...
...unwelcome guest, elaborately welcomed, is fair meat for "Elizabeth's" delicate irony. Gay and delightful in manner, there is no gaiety in Expiation-all marriage is discontent, all marriage disagreeable. And according to old Mrs. Bott, the negative moral is that troubles, being the stuff that dreams are made on, will pass...
...these details are incidental to the performance offered by Ed Wynn himself. He dominates the evening completely, and in a manner to suit the most exacting. To attempt to describe this gentleman's humor would be suicidal; he must be seen and heard to be appreciated, but he certainly cannot be recommended too strongly. There is doubtless no comedian on the American stage at the present day who has a more natural and universal appeal than Ed Wynn. Little more can or need be said about...