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Word: pleasingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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A high point in the current craze among dance bands to make swing versions of popular classics is reached in the adaptation by Larry Clinton of Debussy's "Reverie." So perfect a fusion of so-called classic and modern elements has been made in this piece that as far as...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Music Box | 10/24/1938 | See Source »

Breuer's modern residential dwellings are masterpieces of their type. Lacking the stiffness and coldness of many Cubistic creations, they have movement, life, and fluidity which makes them extremely pleasing to the eye.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Collections & Critiques | 10/1/1938 | See Source »

The Farnsworth Room, dedicated to pleasing but not immediately purposeful reading, and where no studying is allowed, has been relighted during the summer. New cork flooring has been installed in the main Reading Room and today the last insect bookworms are being cleaned away by vacuum cleaners to make way...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Widener Library, Third Largest in United States, Opens Its Unlimited Resources to University's Newest Students | 9/27/1938 | See Source »

Torby Macdonald must be classed as the flash of the running backs. His work so far has been very pleasing to the coaches. He is by far the fastest man on the field. Under him at wingback is Burnett who, though not the runner Macdonald is, has done some excellent...

Author: By Cleveland Amory, | Title: Varsity Football Team Starts Third Week of Practice on Soldiers Field | 9/23/1938 | See Source »

Like most other expanding U. S. cities, Fort Wayne, Ind. (Pop.: 115,000) suffers from growing pains.* An up-&-coming industrial community (automotive, agricultural, electrical equipment), its increasing land values have kept some of its poor underhoused, encouraged some of its rich to hold available outlying land for development. Mightily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOUSING: Up-&-Down Projects | 8/22/1938 | See Source »

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