Word: offered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Columbus, Bishop Hobson paid his respects to the life of such cathedrals as those in Manhattan and Washington, then continued: "It just happens that the situation in southern Ohio is somewhat different, and perhaps you have a rather strange bishop. . . . If someone came to me today with the offer-'Here's a million-or five million-dollars for your Cathedral,' I would have to reply, 'No thank you.' If you are thinking of a building I wouldn't know where to put it, and after I had it I wouldn't know what...
...ship's heterogeneous company -the girls from Gimbel's, the owner's radical daughter and conservative son, the exhausted Jews, the adulterous Irish-take or reject Obediah's offer of escape, how they react to the sudden necessity of facing their inmost problems, is a situation ably handled by Dramatist Wolfson. Hitherto known as an adapter of Left propaganda plays, in Excursion he exhibits a notable capacity for original characterization and narrative. Without sacrificing any of his play's moral values, he manages to bring the Happiness back into New York Harbor after a wild...
Johnny Long, protege of Hal Kemp, and his orchestra will play Kemp's own arrangements in the characteristic Kemp manner. The music of the Harringtons, featuring the distinctive swing style of Goodman arrangements and the charming voice of lovely 19-year-old Ruth Bates will offer a pleasing contrast...
...tears and laughter, joy and deep tragedy. Such was the life of this youthful and ambitious artist. From her earliest days, which Miss Creston describes in a light and whimsical yein, to her later life, Maric Bashkirtseff demanded of the world, and life itself, all that it had to offer...
...Said Surgeon General Thomas Parran Jr. in Washington, apropos of nothing: "I feel confident another ten years could be added to the life expectancy, entirely aside from the possibility of discovering an effective preventive for cancer or major heart disease"-if doctors could offer and people would utilize all the medical knowledge now available...