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Word: scenically (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...opening of the Yale Theater will mark the first time in history that a building constructed especially for university theatricals has been opened with a play written and staged by students. The lighting, scenic effects and designing of costumes will also be done by members of Professor Baker's department...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW YALE THEATRE TO BE DEDICATED DECEMBER 10 | 11/19/1926 | See Source »

...James W. Montee, 64, of Los Angeles, "oldest commercial pilot in the U. S." Not until his 60th birthday did he make his first solo flight, but for six years prior he had ridden in planes over California to point out that great state's scenic wonders to tourists. His three sons are commercial pilots, one of them having won a transcontinental race in a plane built entirely by his parent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Mr. Montee | 11/8/1926 | See Source »

...belief that Alaska is a land of ice and snow, people solely by a few Eskimo tribes is quite incorrect. Many districts are similar to the Eastern part of the United States and compare very favorably in the matter of climate. Moreover, it is a region full of scenic beauties whose variety is probably not surpassed in any other single part of the earth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ACTIVE CHANGE NOTED IN ALASKAN GLACIERS | 10/18/1926 | See Source »

Jonel Jorgelesco, scenic designer at the Repertory Theatre, will speak at a meeting of the Deutcher Verein this evening at 3 o'clock in Holyoke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jorgelesco at Deutcher Verein | 4/14/1926 | See Source »

...main item of interest in Charlotte, aside from the natural beauties--all scenic, is character or local color. Foremost in giving Charlotte its fame is a gentleman, called by the more jocose, Gawdammit, mainly because of his continuous invocations to that deity in the course of his conversation. I remember one summer evening when I met him in front of Breezy Point Library, a euphemism, where there was an entertainment. Said Gawdammit, "Thar be a big crowd here tonight -- -- -- yes sir. Had I a known about it I'd has brought the old woman over for a time...

Author: By D. G. G., | Title: THE CRIME | 3/27/1926 | See Source »

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