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Word: mightly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...George Sand fainting and a rather picturesque but wholly unconvincing ending to the whole, strikes a false note. Perhaps, if one could look upon the production as purely imaginary, if one could forget the historical and musical associations which the dramatis personae call up, the enjoyment of the audience might be greater...

Author: By H. F. S., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 1/16/1929 | See Source »

...smoothness, the two leading ladies are a pleasure to watch--particularly, we thought, Miss Brinkley in the part of Delphine. And then of course De Wolfe Hopper is in the cast. But on the whole "White Lilacs" is neither fish, flesh nor fowl nor, as the name might imply good, erotic, red herring...

Author: By H. F. S., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 1/16/1929 | See Source »

...stood and declared that man needs a new concept of God based on science, a concept such as Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, famed modernist preacher, might formulate. He said the ten commandments would have to be revised for this enlightened age. He declared there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Diplomacy of Science | 1/14/1929 | See Source »

...Great Lakes cities would have four integrated routes to the Atlantic for their farm and industrial products. Baltimore would grow greater as a port, reached by the C. & 0., B. & 0., and Pennsylvania. This is important in view of the growing commerce with South America. New York City might also be relieved of some of her traffic congestion, to the benefit of shippers, if to the chagrin of trans-shippers. Neighboring cities might benefit, places like Port Newark, N. J., and Norfolk, Va. All four railroad systems would carry grain and manufactured articles eastward. The Pennsylvania...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Eastern R. R. Consolidation | 1/14/1929 | See Source »

...rode to the game in her black Rolls-Royce. Graham MacNamee, anxious to start talking, came on from the East. On New Year's Day the sun rode over the Rockies in a mist and swung down over the Pacific, a huge bulb set in a reflector that might have been made out of blue tin. Billy Mundy of the Atlanta Journal sent the game over the radio: "They're huddlin' down there . . . it looks like a crapshooters' formation and Lumpkin is wavin' his arms like he wanted a seven, a touchdown . . . there he goes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Riegels' Run | 1/14/1929 | See Source »

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