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Word: seems (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Fair Dealers seem consistent for their inconsistencies. A chimerical scheme has been cooked up by the Secretary of Agriculture whereby we all get food practically for nothing, yet farmers enjoy top prices, with taxpayers bridging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 17, 1949 | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

...Regina" is not receiving the production it deserves. Costumes, set, and potential singing and acting talent are lavisbly present. Jane Fickens has a good voice and enough unpleasantness for the mean role of Regina, and Brenda Lewis has singing ability and desperation for the unhappy Birdic. The other players seem quite adequate. But Robert Lewis' direction is seriously incpt and gross. Birdie begins too many of her songs lovingly stroking the back of a satin chair. The frollicking little Negro boy is nothing but trite, and Regina's daughter, Alexandra, is far more of a bop fan than a young...

Author: By Herbert P. Gleason, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 10/15/1949 | See Source »

...have flitted across our stage in the past years and that he has not lost his touch was evident Monday night. That the stars of "I Know My Love"--Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne--have not lost their touch for making Mr. Behrman's lines (or anyone else's) seem like something much more wonderful and witty than they could possibly be, was also again evident...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 10/13/1949 | See Source »

...last line of the above paragraph might seem to indicate that Mr. Behrman has some thesis or other hiding behind the skirts of his winking Muse, but such is not the case. The plot of "I Know My Love" offers about as much opportunity for character-study as an hour with the old family album. What dimension the Chanler family has is due mainly to the embellishments given it by the actors...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 10/13/1949 | See Source »

...board was exactly the same as that provided for under the law--and was equally unable to make a binding report. Since President Truman is unlikely to use the injunction (the unions feel that their voluntary delays would make it grossly unfair, and Truman probably agrees), the issue would seem to turn on internal political developments...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: BRASS TACKS | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

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