Word: roughness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...halfcocked) to Young England as to the opera. At first the audience merely ad-libbed, then (as they came to know the play virtually by heart) they started beating the actors to their lines. The famed British reserve took its worst pummeling in centuries, and Young England became a rough-&-tumble free...
...with orders so far totaling 1,000,000,000 bags. The price of raw material for burlap is up from ?18 ($84.24) a ton in August to ?88 (about $344.96). Supplies for the U. S. are limited, not likely to last long. Textile companies are selling low-grade, rough cottons to replace burlap sacks...
Riches. Some day Shansi may be China's Pennsylvania (see map). The province is watered by tributaries of the Yellow River, which divides Shansi from Shensi. Shansi's rough mountains are heavy with anthracite and iron, and because lack of communications has so far meant limited exploitation, the coal-poor, iron-hungry Japanese want it more than any other inland province. The Chinese, who realize that losing it means surrendering their last talon-hold in North China, have hung on like eagles. Some of China's best fighting men are there, reports Reporter White: the hard-riding...
...dinner was followed by a drama by John Fletcher (c.1611) entitled "The Woman's Prize, or, The Tamer Tamed," termed in the program as "a rough merry farce of a more boisterous...
...Director Erford Gage has an experienced knowledge of what constitutes good theatre--even though he lets slip some clumsy moments in the first act bridge scene. Stage Manager Hildon Cooper probably has budget troubles, but he relies on simplicity for his effectiveness. These stock productions are always a bit rough and sometimes they are even crude, but they've got something more than finish: the proper attitude toward the theatre...