Word: proved
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Gilpin's work was authoritatively acclaimed the finest acting of the year. Evidently the part has palled upon him, for his present work rings hollow, artificial. Yet for those who have never heard the throb of the tom-toms coming nearer, beating louder, ominously, faster, the play will prove a revelation of what can be done with mechanical atmosphere. At the Mayfair Theatre, it is preceded by a one-act satirical comedy, In 1999, William de Mille, author...
...Twelve years ago at Vassar the only mention of the child in the catalogue was a reference in the sociology department to the delinquent and dependent, and in a course in psychology describing the study of mental development in lower animals and children." The cause for the evil may prove its cure. If, as some claim emphasis on scientific and hence materialistic life has been unfortunate for the spiritual state of the modern child, then careful examinations of present conditions and a consequent improved understanding of the case may bring the child back to normal. It may be a question...
...best market and source of raw materials. Therefore it was at London that the doings of Ministers Tewfik and Tchitcherin were watched most anxiously last week. In England it was felt that the understandings known to have been arrived at by British agents with the Shah of Persia would prove a bulwark in that quarter...
...Prussian war of 1870, and later, after attending the War College, became a professor there (1894) renowned for the soundness of his matter and the brilliant originality of his presentation. He developed a veritable "school" of French officers who gave unusual attention to that evanescent factor which was to prove so vital when the War came: morale...
Compulsory Cinema Religion. Signor Mussolini founded during the week, with the support of the Holy See, the Institute of Religious Art and Education. The Institute will occupy itself at once with the production of motion pictures illustrating the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. Lest these films prove unpopular, Il Duce decreed last week the obligatory showing of one such Roman Catholic film drama as a part of every motion picture program released in Italy after the new religious films are ready...