Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...provide a scene of disciplined might for the newsreels. The Milanese did better. They jammed into the square, clambered onto every pedestal, statue and ledge in the vicinity. The burly Duce, squinting against the refulgent sun, was obliged to wave his arms to get his flock to keep quiet and hear him roar through loudspeakers, which worked imperfectly, a promise to Laborers...
...happened in the quiet dust-laden corriders of Widener late last spring. Immersed in ruminations about the profoundest of themes the famous Professor of English was leisurely wending his way along the scholastic labyrinths when his wandering eye lit upon the figure of a man proceeding him through the corridor and, horror or horrors, the man's head was not bared in accordance with the tenets of convention but boldly, jauntily attired with a felt hat. The professor's composure was, to put it mildly, upset and without a word of warning he swept down upon the hapless figures...
...lead story in the Record these past few days has been the case of one Miss Renke against Cyrus Dmitri Cominos on charges of breach of promise. Now, this Cominos was formerly a student at the Harvard Dental School, although that institution is keeping quiet about it just now. He was there from 1920 and 1922 and during 1923-24, but never seemed to get anywhere...
...Distaff Side (by John Van Druten; Dwight Deere Wyman and Auriol Lee, producers). This quiet study of womanly nobility serves chiefly to break the monotony of dirty but dull plays which all but engulfed the Broadway stage last month. In it Sybil Thorndyke, Dame Commander, Order of the British Empire, returns for the first time in 24 years...
...Auburn Street is getting a surprise in the line of restaurants this week, as the newly renovated Lampoon Restaurant opens for business. Decorated with gaudy murals and boasting the latest in bars, the new establishment possesses the cozy atmosphere ideal for quiet drinking and dining...