Word: meres
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...movement, opening with a jazzy theme and then passing to a brief slow movement; from a grand splash for the piano, a vigorous rondo, interspersed with a recurrence of the previous themes, concludes the piece. Pianists may rightfully resent the use of the "instrument of the immortals" as a mere bundle of hammers...
...patriots in and out of Utah complained about Bishop Jones's lack of enthusiasm for the War. He doggedly refused to "see how a mere declaration by Congress could alter the principles involved." The Episcopal House of Bishops appointed a Commission to look into Bishop Jones's beliefs, his patriotism, his affiliations with "questionable" Socialist and pacifist organizations. Declaring that War is "not an un-Christian thing," the Commission asked Bishop Jones's resignation, got it. The House of Bishops cautiously declined to accept the Commission's report but did accept the resignation on the basis...
...mere maintenance of government pay cuts is going to balance the budget in 1936. The CWA will have to go, and the rest of the new alphabet, and with it all the rabbits which have been pulled out of the hat since March...
...hard-strapped city out, Mayor La Guardia moaned: "I get the jitters every time I see snow." Because all city life did not come to a standstill Brooklyn Druggist Otto Raubenheimer, a member of the Blizzard Men of '88, jeered: "A mere flurry! This snowstorm is a carbon copy of the blizzard of '88, and a third or fourth carbon copy at that...
...preparatory schools of the country to inform students there of Princeton life and customs. Since preparatory school students are most likely to derive their ideas of a university from the sporting page of the national dailies, the entrance requirements, their family traditions, where their friends are going, or mere hearsay, such an organization should do much toward presenting the merits and advantages of the University in a saner and more practical light...