Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...eminently suited as well to the music in hand as to the concert-hall. Throughout the concert Mr. Gideon's personality was felt, and his ability apparent. Whatever the faults of the evening, they were not his; while by courage, by brilliant singing of parts of the evening, by obvious sincerity, the choirs more than made up for their share of them...
...view of the competence of such a number, the Board of Editors are to be congratulated. There are many of them, indeed, but so much the better for their success. The only obvious drawback for the reviewer is that he can hardly distribute praise or blame to the writers and artists one by one. Perhaps one of the best features of the Lampoon is that it is usually difficult to find the names of the contributors, though often one might wish to do so. The Christmas number is a distinct success...
...Lady is a flagrant example of the old-fashioned melodrama which regards the audience as a sponge. Taking this sponge in its powerful, primitive fingers, the play squeezes. Tears drip like rain drops after thunder. But despite the fact that The Lady is shamelessly sensational, acutely obvious, completely out-of-date, its capacity for engrossing entertainment has scarcely been equaled on the stage of the season...
...France and Italy the same thing is true-though to a smaller extent. And inferior voices prevail in the opera houses. The opportunity for the moderately good American artist-the one not good enough for the high musical standards that now prevail in the U. S.-is obvious. The native artist cannot live on the prices paid to musicians, which, though enormous in figures, are drowned by the unfavorable exchange. But the American with a few dollars can live cheaply and afford to sing for next to nothing. Thus you will find Americans in nearly all the opera houses. They...
Alphabetical arrangement of the bookcase is the occasion, of course, of obvious indignities and incongruities. F. Scott Fitzgerald and the translator of Omar might, it is true, find a common meeting jug, but it is hard to conceive of Shakespeare or Shelley mushing up the Yukon with Robert W. Service, or of Thomas Gray passing the time of day with Eddie Gest...