Word: motif
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...program, which includes everything from speeches by Yale and Princeton men to an evening display with a "Crimson H" motif is scheduled for tomorrow, when the entire congregation of the Associated Harvard Clubs migrate to Flushing to attend Harvard Day at the World's Fair...
...with a story in it. This preference, a by-product of the modern fetish of realism, is responsible for the continued popularity of tone-poems and ballet-music. A lusty theme for the hero, a gentle little melody for his lady-love, a spinning theme and perhaps a brook motif: these seem irresistible to American audiences...
Next month J. Stirling Getchell, Inc. plans to issue its first completely Dichterized advertisement, for Plymouth cars. Probable motif: the subconscious lure of adventure on the open road, the deep passion to master a machine...