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Word: sound (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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This movie has been kicking around the States since 1950, when it was imported from England. Time has improved neither the originally poor lighting of the black-and-white film nor the fuzziness of the sound. The latter condition, along with the thickness of the accents, might even make sub-titles desirable Even though "Tight Little Island" is not often uproariously funny, seeing it is a pleasant enough way to spend an evening...

Author: By Bryce E. Nelson, | Title: Tight Little Island | 2/25/1957 | See Source »

Speaking for a small college, I wish that you had placed more emphasis on the fact that "big-name colleges" have no monopoly on sound liberal arts education...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 25, 1957 | 2/25/1957 | See Source »

...German uniforms, almost identical with the army and Luftwaffe uniforms of World War II .The German army boot was back too, but this time with a difference. "Gentlemen," grinned Strauss to an audience assembled to view the new uniforms, "these boots do not permit heel-clicking or the reverberating sound of marching. These boots are fitted with demokratisch-bürgerliche Gummisohlen [democratic civilian rubber soles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: Cutback | 2/25/1957 | See Source »

Christopher Rand, a former Nieman Fellow, noted the cynicism among many magazine journalists. "When editors of women's magazines talk to me, they sound like cattlemen discussing cows," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CBS News Director Condemns Editorialized TV Commentaries | 2/21/1957 | See Source »

These experiments are still young: the first attempt to teach composition has begun in the last tenth of local history, and Harvard was a pioneer among universities in this field. (Ofcourse English A and Rhetoric go back a long way, but these courses were aimed more at "sound and orderly expression," than at the ephemeral web we call...

Author: By Christopher Jencks, | Title: Creative Writing Comes of Age at Harvard | 2/19/1957 | See Source »

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