Word: skillfull
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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"LaFollette studied the campaign of Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressives in 1912, and the Populists in 1892," he said, "and decided that that was not the way to go about it; but if he could throw the election into the House of Representatives, then there would be a favorable opportunity...
Programmed by canny Conductor Koussevitzky between the First Symphony of Beethoven and the First Symphony of Sibelius, Composer Piston's magnum opus drew as many bravos as if it were the real meat in the sandwich. Though part of this enthusiasm may have come from a desire to see...
With its excellent descriptions of Florida scrub landscapes, its skillful use of native vernacular, its tender relation between Jody and his pet fawn, The Yearling is a simply written, picturesque story of boyhood that stands a good chance, when adults have finished with it, of finding a permanent place in...
But actually Miss Baker has been very much subordinated by the cynical theme of the film. Though never oppressive, the picture paints a striking contrast between the wholesome stupidity and naive sensuality of Africa and the futile artifice of Europe with its snobbishness, adultery, and puerile attempts to understand eternal...
To Germans and Austrians the word Lied means simply song. To the rest of the world it means a particular kind of song, as peculiarly Austro-German as Knackwurst. In Italy, where a beautiful voice is regarded as a princely possession, songs are likely to have melodies constructed to show...