Word: method
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Boston Museum now contains a collection of four small but expertly done paintings by Leon Bakst, chief artist for the "Ballet Russe" when Diaghilev was in charge of its production. Bakst is of great historical importance because his method and style revolutionized the application of the decorative arts to the theatre. The main tenet which symbolized the essence of his program was unity, unity not only as far as the technique of his art was concerned but also in regard to the emotional compactness of the entire artistic production. Bakst's designs for scenery and costume were unique in that...
Dear Elmer had had a hard row to hoe. When he took the job he was told to wait & see how far industry would voluntarily comply with Wage-Hour regulations. That method worked astoundingly well...
...consistently sinister, not because of its suggestiveness (since Herr Hitler alone decided policy) . . . but because, if Herr Hitler appeared to hesitate, the extremists of the Party at once proceeded to fabricate situations calculated to drive Herr Hitler into courses which even he at times shrank from risking. The simplest method of doing this was through the medium of a controlled press...
...tattoo on a tree, gave a perfect rendition of it by drumming with its beak on the top of its box. "To my mind," observed the bemused scientist, "this is one of the most remarkable instances of mimicry, since it has demanded an entirely new [for a starling] method of mechanical sound production...
...watch closely the color of their patient's skin. If his normal rosy tinge changes to bluish, they quickly pump oxygen into his lungs. But it takes several minutes for the skin to show its telltale sign, and even the keenest observers cannot scent death by this crude method until a short time before the end. Last week Dr. Roy Donaldson McClure of Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital described a machine that notes the shadow of death long before death's hue is seen...