Word: photographable
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...early in their practice to gain control of the anal sphincters. The first effort in this direction consists of repeated contraction and relaxation of the sphincters for several minutes in succession." An adept can, by muscular force alone, ventilate and irrigate his colon, or rinse out his stomach. A photograph of one of Swami Kuvalayananda's disciples in the latter act is included in Dr. Behanan's well-illustrated text...
...While the idea was, where possible, to dramatize Coronet's, contents, the show's material was not restricted to this specification. Said NBC's publicity department: "Deems Taylor is the absolute dictator. . . . He balks at nothing. ... He and his musicians and radio actors have interpreted . . . the photograph of a bowl of goldfish . . . four bananas dancing on a piece of wallboard...
Said the Post Office Department's press representative: "There were three stars plainly visible on the photograph which we sent to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, but I understand they rumpled the general's coat . . . and thus hid one of the stars." Said the wearied Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing: "If there ought to be another star it is around on the back of the collar. You might try looking on the back of the stamp...
...Pacific Railway through the Rockies, climaxed by the fight between Canadian Pacific's William Cornelius Van Home and Great Northern's James Jerome Hill, sounds difficult. Silent Barriers-for which Director Milton Rosmer took cast and crew to Revelstoke, B. C. and endangered all their lives to photograph a forest fire-makes it look discouragingly easy. With the exception of a few shots of the fire, mountain peaks and raging rapids, the picture contains nothing that could not have been better photographed in a studio or better still not photographed...
...subservience, at any rate, is assured. The photograph, p. 24, of Matriarch Mary with Queen Elizabeth "well in hand" is the most expressive picture of the week. To see it is to understand at a glance the devious story of Edward's unprecedented behavior. In "most vulgar" American, or in any language, that expression on the Queen Mother's face spells "Meddlesome Interferiority." My only consolation is that TIME'S preview has cleared up much of the "Mystery of the Coronation." If Americans do not boycott the ceremonies, then they deserve the low opinion that Mary, churchy...