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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...population, a "lapdog of the Western democracies," an "abortion" of the Versailles Treaty. As to the character of the population, he went back to 1598 and quoted a diplomatic report of one Sir George Carew: "The outstanding features of Polish character were cruelty and lack of moral restraint." When modern Poland, "although not menaced at all," received the Allies' guarantees, the "shameless insults" which she heaped on the Third Reich at last became unbearable. Hence Sept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Last Statement | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

Luis Sort, leading modern architect and town planner of Spain, and Vice President of the Congres Internationaux de I'Architecture Moderne, will give a public lecture on "Can Our Cities Survive?", Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, in the lecture room on the first floor of Hunt Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LUIS SERT WILL LECTURE | 10/13/1939 | See Source »

...Asked the guy where he learned his style, to which he replied, "My name's Willy Gans, I can sho' play a mess of piano, and I learnt it all from Fats Waller." The point about this whole business is that Fats just can't get hep to this modern school of frill pianists. Most guys playing today play a lot of very fast and fancy right hand work, leaving the rhythm and the chord changes of the left hand to the bass and guitar...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 10/13/1939 | See Source »

Ownership of land and the individualism which it produces were described by Professor Jones as characteristic of the American spirit in history and literature. His listeners then debated the influence of industrialism and modern insecurity on these basic elements...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: American Civilization Plan Opens With Talk by Jones | 10/10/1939 | See Source »

...concerts, however, we would like to mention the Charles Eliot Norton lectures which will be given on Wednesdays by Igor Strawinsky-the first one on October 18. These lectures will be in French and will give us an opportunity to hear one of the greatest figures in modern music discuss the problems of musical expression...

Author: By L. C. Helvik, | Title: The Music Box | 10/10/1939 | See Source »

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