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Word: pours (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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There is some question as to exactly what the purpose of a "repertory theatre" is. Some have claimed it to be of an experimental nature, to assemble a collection of rare plays and good actors and maintain a fountain from which will pour a variety of dramatic experiences not available at your neighborhood theatre. Others explain the aim of a repertory company as the staging of classic vehicles, well-known, well-read, but seldom seen--such as this company has done in "Henry VIII" and will do with "John Gabriel Borkman." The actual merit of the production is secondary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 10/14/1946 | See Source »

...this administration to pay 21,500 lire for ... ceding 191 hectares to hungry peasants, I have the honor to inform you that the peasants will pay nothing. They will give you one-fifth of the crop and keep the remainder as the just reward of the sweat they pour out to build a new Italy where Justice, not kings, shall reign. I am, sir, your most obedient servant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Land for a Song | 9/30/1946 | See Source »

...heavy doors of Memorial Hall swing open and the veterans surge in. What follows is not a hopeless struggle between the veterans, who pour through at the rate of several hundred per hour, and the heavily-outnumbered book staff; Mrs. McCloskey said the system works "beautifully...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 4,000 Vets File Through Mem Hall For Initial Supply Authorizations | 9/25/1946 | See Source »

Last week's victims of his satire: the "Men of Distinction" liquor ads, tedious radio news features, tobacco auctioneers and cigaret advertising (". . . Try the taste test. Simply take a package of Morgan cigarets, remove the paper from each cigaret [and] pour the tobacco into a bowl. Now, taste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Satirist | 9/16/1946 | See Source »

...crippling shortages, was finally running in high gear. Last week Civilian Production Administrator John D. Small cheerily reported: "stop-&-go output" has been replaced by "continuous, high-level production." The pipelines would soon be full and, "if industrial peace continues, an enormous amount of consumers goods would soon pour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Full Speed Ahead? | 9/9/1946 | See Source »

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