Word: quiet
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When Mr. Ives has complete quiet, as he had from the almost packed symphony Hall, he really shows his genius as a ballad singer. He went through his program of 18 songs without straining his voice once even for the highest notes. When he had finished his program and the stamping of feet had begun he returned to sing nine more...
Mather reported that the Marshal's "quiet vehemence" made the meaning of this reply clear even before the interpreter had repeated it in English...
Ernie Ransome, a quiet-spoken and well-informed young man, spoke briefly and to the point concerning Princeton football. He put it off the record, but it was good-for the Princeton men in the house. He also had kind words for Columbia, which scrimmaged the Tigers almost to a draw last month...
...film series represents one of a large group of projects on tap for members throughout the next year. Reuted from the Modern Museum of Art, this fall's program consists of a short survey of the film in America, beginning with "The Great Train Robbery" and running through "All Quiet on the Western Front." In the spring, classical foreign pictures from France and Germany, including "The Passion of Jean of Arc" and numerous German propaganda films, will be presented for the benefit of club members...
...bishop was something of a shock. In 1939, the Roman Catholics of Kansas City, Mo. hardly knew what to make of the intense, quiet-mannered man with reddish-brown hair and big ideas who came to preside over their...