Word: sayed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...recalls vividly to mind the kind of work the man was doing, at that time, and it leaves the discouraging impression that since then he has been losing himself almost as rapidly as hopelessly. Then he was a man who was full of faith and sureness, who could say about the deaths of Mio and Miriamme: "This is the glory of both men and women." Perhaps things like that were easier to say and believe a few years ago than now--but it is hardly a happy sight to face a stark demonstration of that fact...
...There is no such thing as real impartiality, and those who ask it of radio do not know what the word means," he says. "To appear impartial is to say nothing about anything that really matters, or else to present 'both sides' of a question as if a question had two sides instead of sixty...
...United States, even, there has been a decided increase in regimentation since 1929. Every indication points towards a weakening of democracy in our country, much as I am sorry to say...
...wise citizen of Paris wants to know what Hitler and Stalin are thinking, what will be the next fantastic episode in an improbable war, he reads what Geneviéve Tabouis has to say in L'Oeuvre, then waits for the exact opposite to happen. For Tabouis is one of the most readable and unreliable reporters of secret political maneuvers, behind-the-scenes diplomacy in all Europe...
...California, in 1933, Martin heard a radio program called The World's Largest Make-Believe Ballroom. It was simply a daily program of phonograph records, but the announcer made a great pretense of having, say, Jan Garber playing on Stage One, Paul Whiteman waiting his turn on Stage Two, Rudy Vallee in the wings, ready to croon. The announcer carried on one-sided conversations with the great names on the record labels, took listeners in their imagination to a Make-Believe Ballroom, far from any two-by-four radio studio...