Word: shrugging
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Toscanini characteristically made no reply. In the six years he has conducted the Philharmonic, Toscanini has never given an interview, never explained his musical methods or described his diet. "I speak," he tells his friends, "a universal language. If the public cannot understand . . ." and he will shrug his shoulders. But his attitude is known to be one of humility. He regards himself as the servant of the composer, holds every note important...
Capone (after a pause, a shrug): Plenty...
...thing is certain, whatever action the British government decides to take on the Indian matter, the question of the future of this tremendous Eastern state will be one of the most important features of the twentieth century. It is a fascinating subject and Americans can not afford to shrug a disinterested shoulder at the fate of 300,000,000 odd souls. For a remarkable picture of the whole business read E. M. Forster's "A Passage To India". If this does not interest in itself there is the fact that the fate of India tells on a grand scale...