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Word: singed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...actually an undercover wing of Naziism and how much the innocent modern equivalent of an old-fashioned Turnverein is highly debatable, even among Bund members. Major operations of the Bund are week-end outings, where members in grey uniforms with Swastika brassards are drilled in German military tactics, sing German songs, listen to speeches in favor of Adolf Hitler. Dues of $9 a year partly go to buy camping sites, of which the Bund has 27 in as many cities. They also pay the salaries of Führer Kuhn and the district leaders whom he appoints. Major Bund centres...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Bund Banned | 3/14/1938 | See Source »

...four hundred love to sing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Two-a-Night | 3/14/1938 | See Source »

...streets, and out of it all came "Rosalie," perhaps the most repulsive musical mouse to escape from Hollywood in some time. Nelson Eddy has a script that calls for romantic acting, but wisely abandons this after the first ten minutes and does nothing from then on but sing "In The Still of the Night" and murmer "I love you" in sort of a weak whisper. Eleanor Powell is well cast, because she is also unable to act. She appears in those long black silk stockings, does a few unoriginal dance numbers and lets it go at that. It is left...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 3/14/1938 | See Source »

...Freshman who can sing, play a musical instrument, do magician's tricks, tell stories, or do anything that comes under the head of amateur entertainment is free to enter the contest. All entries should be made on the notice posted at the Union...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNION COMMITTEE TO SPONSOR AMATEUR HOUR | 3/14/1938 | See Source »

...premiere. When guns refused to go off, bottles refused to pour, and the melodrama became increasingly witless, the audience started to snicker and laugh. The play dragged on so long that its last six scenes had to be cut because the stagehands wanted to go home. At Sing Sing, where going home is more of a problem, the audience was far more patient and sympathetic, hated to have to stop for dinner. When the moment came to judge the defendant, the prisoners shouted a vociferous "Not Guilty," were rewarded with a happy ending instead of the electric chair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Approved by Experts | 3/7/1938 | See Source »

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