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Word: regional (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...field of poetic endeavor, by way of answering the assertion that he is a provincialist whose colloquialisms are mere gibberish to outsiders. He admits that his primary subject material consists of Maine people, and that the inspiration for his work lies within the area of a particular region. But this does not mean that his poetry is significant with regard to only State-of-Mainers. From the everyday existences, the "Monday and Tuesday" lives, of these people, Coffin declares that he can create a mosaic of universal human traits...

Author: By J. P. L., | Title: The Bookshelf | 5/24/1939 | See Source »

Facial expressions and hand motions during a petit-mal fit are of interest because they give valuable information on the region of the brain which is causing the trouble...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Medical School Research Man Devises Brain-Wave Machine for Studying Fits | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

Popular hero of an exhausting war, Germán Busch was born in 1904 in the hot, fertile, coffee-growing region of central Bolivia, midway between the edge of the Chaco and the rust-colored, tin-filled mountains around La Paz. His father, after stopping three arrows in an attack by savages, went to Germany, sent Germán and his mother to Trinidad. Germán went to a provincial school, entered military college...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOLIVIA: Busch Putsch | 5/8/1939 | See Source »

...also showed slides of the region of Ragusa and Jugoslavia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ALBANIAN SOCIETY TO HOLD MEETING SUNDAY | 5/4/1939 | See Source »

...should make the Government $14,000 more. Checks for the profits are not, however, to be forwarded to the Treasury. All Federal Theatre receipts are thrown back into a general pool called "admission funds" to be drawn on for future productions. But money made in one city or region cannot ordinarily be used in another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Under New Management | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

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