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Word: sketching (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...held, was fully borne out by the improved understanding of England and France in the past twenty years. "Good humorous criticisms of the foibles of other nations are an excellent way of building international good will," he went on. "For instance the acceptance by the English of my humorous sketch on the English army after the war shows how much more one book can do than hours of diplomatic bickering. There is a crying need now for a sympathetic book by an American on France...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: City Influence Moves American Humor Towards French Wit, States Maurois | 3/8/1939 | See Source »

Marshall's address was a sketch of Sino-Japanese-American relations since the Revolution, with special emphasis on the part after...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: America May Fortify Guam, Marshall Tells '42 Group | 2/28/1939 | See Source »

Just before he died in 1827 he drew a sketch of his wife, who always called him "Mr. Blake." Dying, according to Mrs. Blake, "he began to sing Hallelujahs and songs of joy and triumph, loudly and with ecstatic energy. His bursts of gladness made the walls resound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Mr. Blake | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

...display of "workshop material" is arranged to emphasize the continuity and development of ideas leading up to the filming of a Disney feature. Beginning with rough sketches of story ideas, the exhibit traces the growth of a film through more elaborate character development and various sketch-experiments in background design fixing the mood of the production...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Disney Exhibit at Fogg Will Supplement 4 Feild Lectures | 2/15/1939 | See Source »

...other explanation is that sales of Picassos have long been skilfully manipulated and that Picasso, who knows how good he is, has grown rich by not objecting. The merest page from a sketch book of the Toulouse-Lautrec period fetches $200, and there have been at least two sales of paintings in the U. S. for a reputed price of about $25,000 each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Art's Acrobat | 2/13/1939 | See Source »

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