Word: performance
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Baltimore, White House Janizary Harold Ickes addressed a conclave of eastern Negroes, crying: ". . . Since the American Negro has declared his political independence to match his physical freedom, he has learned that many will promise but few will perform...
Greatly astonished was towheaded, 47-year-old Dr. Fleming. "Frankly, I didn't think it would work," said he. "I have performed numerous eye operations, but this is the first in which I have ever used the cornea of a rabbit. The difference between the human cornea and the rabbit cornea is that the latter is larger and deeper. If this operation proves successful I will perform a second operation on Hoffman's right eye, using the rabbit cornea as a base, and over this graft a human cornea. Whether or not his sight will again be normal...
...course, this afternoon he will slouch over to Soldiers Field to watch the soldiers perform. As the cadets ripple past, he will be acutely conscious of the contrast of his rounded shoulders and his heterogeneous clothing with their trim appearance; but, being a Harvard man, he will probably choose to cover the embarrassment of his faults by proudly accentuating them. Nevertheless, once in the sheltering anonymity of the stadium crowd, he is sure that the squad of soldiers in black-and-gold uniforms on the field will be interesting to watch. They always are. But he will also have...
...dear Reich Chancellor," rejoined Mr. Chamberlain in cold British wrath, ". . . Since the acceptance or refusal of Your Excellency's proposal is now a matter for the Czechoslovak Government to decide, I do not see how I can perform any further service here. ... I propose, therefore, to return to England. . . . Yours faithfully...
...Were King (Paramount). To a guileless cinemaddict the task of making Frangois Villon dull and respectable might appear Herculean. In If I Were King, Director Frank Lloyd and Writer Preston Sturges, no doubt aided by the Hays censorship, perform it in their stride. Since there is nothing spectacularly bad about If I Were King, it will doubtless appear on every list of worthwhile films compiled by every self-appointed reviewing board in the U. S. But its makers have found not one fresh point of view, have included every available cliche of sword-&-cloak romance, plus the clich...