Word: put
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...They have done so only for good will-particularly the good will of the State Department-not for profit, because the Federal Communications Commission granted only "experimental licenses" for such broadcasts (meaning that the programs could not be sold to commercial sponsors). Last week the Commission issued regulations which put a new complexion on U. S. shortwaving...
First favorite to win The Derby since 1935, Blue Peter rewarded his owner with $52,000, a gold cup and a Cheshire cheese, put a few shillings into the pockets of millions of British workmen and brought modest fortunes ($140,000 each) to the two U. S. citizens who held Sweeps tickets on Blue Peter...
...Fair, reached the climax of the Federation's week-a concert in the Court of Peace-it encountered competition. A carillon in the Belgian Pavilion was ding-donging for all it was worth. The chorus, aided by the club-ladies who valiantly joined in the singing, put up a good fight. But the carillon...
...collaboration with Story & Clark Piano Co. of Grand Haven, Mich., RCA put on the market the Storytone, priced at $695. Story & Clark will distribute the piano, which is basically like other electronics, with the slogan "Voiced by RCA Victor." Not many manufacturers have yet made money on electric pianos. Reason: piano players are conservative; before buying a substitute for a piano they want to be sure they want...
...Douglas Moore and Stephen Vincent Benet. This it followed with an operetta based upon Stephen Foster tunes, Susanna Don't You Cry, which, for all its musical charm and its flashy mounting by Robert Edmond Jones, had a plot which died of Southern molassitude. The Lyric Theatre next put on an evening of dancing by Lincoln Kirstein's Ballet Caravan-an uninspired Air and Variations to music by Bach; an arty cigar-store Indian Pocahontas (Elliott Carter Jr.); a rich, loamy piece of Americana, Billy the Kid (Aaron Copland...