Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...regard to his blindness, it would seem that what hampers him is not being unable to see the piano; after all, most good pianists can play blindfolded with very little practice. And since Templeton has spent his entire life in darkness, he has developed a very sensitive touch that enables him to overcome this mechanical handicap. But what undoubtedly must have bothered him is the lack of visual perception of life around him. All musicians, whether they play swing or classical music, draw their inspiration from things that happen to them in life, that they can see and comprehend...
Billy Koepsell at short, Chuck Diven at second, Dick Trexler at third, and Herb Ogden hold forth in the inner defense for the Red and Blue. Chuck Morris operates behind the plate. In the outfield, McDonald, Dignan, MacHarg, and Raffetto seem to be the cream of a rather skimpy crop...
...European government seriously considered jumping in to save Albania's independence, nor did the protests against the Rome-Berlin axis aggression seem any louder than those that accompanied the German seizure of Czecho-Slovakia last month. Clearly Albania itself was not worth fighting over...
...cinematerial, Wuthering Heights might seem as farfetched a prospect as any book yet pillaged. It is crammed with neurotic, 19th-Century gloom, ridden with implications of incest, short on action, careless of conventional morality. As additional drawbacks, Mr. Olivier, entrusted with the crucial role of Heathcliff, boasts that he dislikes working for the movies and only does it for money; Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, preparing for their labors on Gunga Din, could barely be persuaded to leave their marathon backgammon game long enough to write a script. The script turned out brilliantly. Olivier's work as Heathcliff...
...devoted entirely to cheering. Said Rockefeller Foundation's Stacy May: "In the world of politics, the consumer is a blind beggar of gigantic stature, who stands on the corner of Paradox Street and Pressure Group Lane with little to sell but his woe. Potentially he would seem to be immense. Actually, he is all but completely impotent...