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Word: scale (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...postponement of the musical show, the initial performance of which was scheduled to take place January 15, was necessary because of the large scale of its production, the many musical numbers, and elaborate costuming...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PI ETA PLAY OPENING IS PUT OFF UNTIL FEBRUARY | 1/4/1927 | See Source »

...some new bureau or department, that Governor General Wood's military advisers be replaced with civil experts, that the Filipinos be given increasing internal autonomy. Land Laws. The Philippine legislature should amend the land laws, so as to attract U. S. capital to develop, on a large scale, the production of rubber, coffee, sugar, rice, etc. The U. S. Congress should not attempt to interfere with these land laws. Banking. The Federal Reserve system should be extended to the Philippines. Also, Federal land banks should be established to loan money to Filipino farmers at reasonable rates. They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Colonel's Report | 1/3/1927 | See Source »

...people were shocked who heard of, or were victimized by, the tactics of Elevatorman Herman, what did they think of 101 examples of the same casuistry on a scale too large to be obvious? What did they think of newspapers like the Cleveland Times, which routed out an aged invalid lady, trundled her around the city in a motor car eagerly lent and frequently mentioned in the subsequent sob-story, named shops and hotels which elaborately displayed their wares and hospitality to her and the Times reporter, and trundled her home amid a short-hand account of her boundless gratitude...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Xmas, Inc. | 1/3/1927 | See Source »

...having escaped once into the great world, visits home and is trapped there for the rest of his life by a childhood sweetheart and a deathbed promise to his epileptic father? Miss Gale's answer: his suppressions may drive him insane?that is, up or down the scale of sanity?especially if, having succumbed hastily to the sweetheart, he falls in love with a woman of the world when it is just too late; a woman who waits for him and writes to him for years after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fiction: Dec. 20, 1926 | 12/20/1926 | See Source »

...property room, dye room, carpentry shop and all the rest; while there are classrooms and libraries and study rooms where the many courses on stagecraft and writing are conducted. The elaborate lighting switches, the large stage under the main auditorium where experimental work may be conducted on a large scale, the main stage with a loft of 75 feet and a depth of 80 feet, and the signal system for calling the actors and directing the production are among the many conveniences which the new Yale theatre affords. While Harvard has given up her great opportunity for a complete theatrical...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "47 WORKSHOP" MEMBER WRITES ON YALE THEATRE | 12/14/1926 | See Source »

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