Word: reale
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...reading Jane Austen's books, which enthrall me. They seem so much more real and important than anything happening at the moment. The only other thing that is nice to remember is that we went to the last of the Beethoven concerts and came home drunk with happiness. No more concerts now. Besides, dammit sir, you can't go listening to German music these days-switch on the Gilbert & Sullivan...
Labor and Democracy is nevertheless a true mirror of William Green-a plain work by a plain man. "Those of us who have grown up in the labor movement," he observes, "know that its real strength and function is not as an army with banners flying, enlisted for a crusade, but as groups of workers interested in having a job and in doing a good day's work...
...Victor announces that "in addition to his ability to play three-four tempos that American dance fans thoroughly enjoy, Wayne King's band is capable of real swing...
Leverett has won only one game and Dudley has lost but one; yet the Bunnies finally made their offense click, and captained by Wily Willy Tyng, they put on a real show of power...
...whole, as a historical biography of a bootlegger, "The Roaring Twenties" does a pretty good job,--but the real worth of the production is Cagney's performance...