Word: mood
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...often cordially hated by those who cannot stand frankness when it is mixed with wit; but his underlying mood of fairness and understanding has won him, according to Mr. Babbitt, " a host of friends...
...natural that a mood of expectancy rather than a realization of accomplishment should pervade the summer financial markets, and the present July is no exception. Trade is experiencing its usual seasonal slackening. The extractive industries, especially steel, are at last showing a decided slowing down; even the excessive oil output is beginning to lessen. In general, five separate parts of the business outlook are now looked to as likely to develop tangible and important results: 1) the anticipated crash of German finances, with its attendant reparation problem; 2) the sagging price of American wheat; 3) the deadlock in the building...
...That was the program of songs which the Glee Club offered in its concert on the steps of Widener. There are few who do not know by experience or by report the ability of the club. But to sing old or new classics before an audience particularly in the mood for a program of old and new Harvard songs was to court criticism; and to sing them out-of-doors where they were often inaudible and the pianissimo effects completely lost, was an offense against artistry which contrasts strangely with the club's high reputation. With full respect...
...deafening ill-balance that you get in a similar position in an auditorium. The distant rumbling of street cars and elevated trains and the honking of automobile horns in the middle of quiet passages give interruptions that are not essentially unpleasant, but which raise a characteristic mood for the outdoor performance...
...subtly arranged picture, without any consciousness of posing to form a picture. There is no mere attitudinizing for effect. Hands, arms and legs, the curve of the bodies seem to flow naturally from position to position, working out on the stage fine effects of composition, corresponding to the mood of the play at the moment. From grouping to grouping the actors move, and yet one never feels that here one definite grouping is over and here the next one beings. There is an unrivalled flow, and contiuuity, beauty and rhythm in the stage direction. Particularly memorable were the kneeling figures...