Word: printings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...delirium tremens to the Ride of John Gilpin, from Little Britches left out in the snow to Poet Poe addressing the Raven. Sentimental though most of the subjects were, the craftsmanship in each picture was remarkably good. And not a single one had ever seen the light of print or public exhibition...
...convict by three fellow-convicts within the nearby State Prison Farm. At the outset of the trial of the first prisoner Judge Munson told reporters from the Houston Post, the Houston Press and the Houston Chronicle that they could sit in the courtroom but that their papers must not print any news about the three trials until all were over, on pain of a citation for contempt of court. "These cases are all tried in the newspapers," complained the old judge, "before the defendant gets into court...
Would that TIME's able newsstaff could for one issue become prophets and print a page from world history 50 or 100 years hence. As it is we can but imagine that such a page might read: "In the fall of 1935. Dictator Mussolini opened war against Ethiopia after announcing plans for Italy's Glorification and the Re-creation of the Roman Empire. Peace might have been preserved under England's leadership had the U. S. aided with its good offices. However, lack of diplomatic leadership and no strong foreign policy forced the American nation to repudiate...
...harpsichord developed from the hand-plucked psaltery. Its strings are plucked with quills. First mentioned in print in the 15th Century, it became an elaborate affair with as many as three keyboards and 25 pedals to give a great variety of tone quality and volume. Nevertheles the harpsichord with its thin, clear tone required a much more delicate touch than the piano, invented in 1711. Bach knew of the piano but thought it an unmusical contraption. He wrote such great works as the Goldberg Variations for the harpsichord. Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata was actually intended to tinkle along...
...Parliament we, the Government, are charged with defending the national patrimony. There are Frenchmen who talk of 'devaluation,' of 'reflation' and of 'revalorization.' They forget that France already has lost four-fifths of the value of its currency. Other Governments may prefer to print false money. This Government will have none of that...