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Word: opener (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...most important but rather inconspicuous part, of the Cambridge concert season is the regular Tuesday evening open house at the Longy School-not only for the large number of chamber and solo works which are presented, but also for the atmosphere of informal intimacy in which they are performed...

Author: By L. C. Helvik, | Title: The Music Box | 10/10/1939 | See Source »

...Music Club and Collegium Musicum, though they are primarily for music concentrators are open to anyone interested in hearing and playing music not commonly done in concerts. The first open meeting of the Music Club is tentatively set for October 25, and the Collegium will begin its meetings very soon...

Author: By L. C. Helvik, | Title: The Music Box | 10/10/1939 | See Source »

...University Tutors, which was founded in 1931 by Joseph Hurwitz, failed to open its doors this fall. It was the first tutoring school to adopt the practice of mass reviews after William "The Widow" Nelen died. It was also the first school to use high-powered salesmanship methods and extensive advertising...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tutoring School Quits Business Under Pressure of University | 10/10/1939 | See Source »

...week dropped the, tonnage of Allied shipping sunk by German U-boats. So elated were the Brit ish that they announced: "They [U-boats] have found the pace too hot for them and have retreated from much-used shipping channels and are now forced to operate out in the open sea where the 'catch' is bound to be a much smaller one." The British pointed with pride to their convoy system, revealed that a flotilla of 15 freighters had arrived safely from Canada bringing 500,000 bushels of wheat. Pointing with pride also to Britain's blockade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: This Pest | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

...Harriman affair, owes the U. S. Government $1,097,413.22 from World War I, and owes Philadelphia $1,229,608 in back taxes. It offered to settle for $100,000 apiece, got Attorney General Frank Murphy to agree provided it can become a going concern again, started reorganizing to open its moldy Cramp's yard in Philadelphia. On the west coast, where last spring the U. S. Navy had tried unsuccessfully to buy Bethlehem Steel's Hunters Point Drydock in San Francisco harbor, and where Admiral Land is determined to build two new shipyards, the rush to restore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHIPPING: Ships-- for What? | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

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