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Word: musts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...return to intelligible musical language. U. S. composers, he thinks, are under an unfair handicap: "You still want foreign names; that's one thing that has been in my favor." About his operatic preoccupation with feminine foibles, 27-year-old Menotti explains: "Women, to fascinate men, must not be too good. I'm celebrating the wickedness of women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Radio Opera | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

...trouble is that Behrman, a Frederick Lonsdale who reads The New Republic, too often makes sex a mere come-on for ideas, none of which he accepts. He is a kind of ideological window-shopper; or, like Pooh-Bah, a Leader of the Opposition, he feels he must resist what he approves of as First Lord of the Treasury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: May 1, 1939 | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

...rather obvious that you have drawn a false picture in the editorial referred to above since, if it were all as you allege, those "stupid faculty" who are unable to organize their work well must be inferior to the "cram-school" instructional staff which is able to put the organization over. If such superiority were real it would seem incredible that the University Corporation should have ignored such talent sitting, as it were, on their very door step, while hiring the alleged incompetents. The argument, therefore, is ridiculous...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Letter on Tutoring | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

...Students Must Do Own Work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Letter on Tutoring | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

...behind us. In the hands of the great majority of contemporary artists, the cubism of Cezanne, the effective grotesqueness of Van Gogh, and the myriad contributions of other men too numerous to mention, have taken on a prosaic and domestic dullness. A tradition, in order to thrive, must be continued in the spirit of its originators. Stevens and Jones, together with others whose paintings are on exhibit, are among those painting today who are suited to seize the baton from the hands of their predecessors and continue along the same track...

Author: By Jack Wilner, | Title: Collections & Critiques | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

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