Word: personation
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...conjurer who tries to hypnotize the young people, has some of the over-dramatic flair of John Barrymore, and is by far the most fascinating character in the movie, while Ann Dvorak, as a friend who rebels from him, does nicely in her role of a DP, or disenchanted person...
...glee club, like the orchestra, is an extremely competent organization, but the program hand-cuffed it. All five of the folk songs would have been very effective sung by one person and accompanied by a guitar, but when arranged for a solo voice, a piano, and a chorus of about eighty, they completely lose all characteristics of folk music. And when the diction is painfully clear and all the r's are carefully rolled, the contradiction becomes even more apparent. Folk songs do not belong on the concert stage...
Four Rights. The committee, its members reported, found "much that has shocked us, and much that has made us feel ashamed." The committee felt that everyone in the U.S. was entitled to the protection of four basic rights: to safety. and security of person, to citizenship and its privileges, to equality of opportunity, to freedom of conscience and expression. At present only freedom of conscience and expression, said the committee, is "relatively secure...
...Make it impossible for any person to file for a divorce until he or she had conferred with [a] county social hygiene director...
...lectures are scheduled for 8 o'clock. Tickets are being distributed with a limit of two per person on application by mail to the Observatory...