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Word: speaker (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...right?"), then appeared himself. In a letter, Harry Truman replied: "I am much in the same frame of mind you are . . . The compromisers got nowhere as I was sure they wouldn't, and they never had any consideration for me." This sounded like a slap at Speaker Sam Rayburn, who tried to put over the compromise. Press Secretary Charles Ross hastily explained that there had been a double misprint. The letter should have read: "The compromises got nowhere . . . and they never had any consideration from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Rude Noise | 5/23/1949 | See Source »

Evans, the featured speaker, said that UNESCO's work is basically long-term in nature. He declared that it will continue to try to hasten the process of assimilating the different cultures of the world though wars may intervene...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hub Celebration of UNESCO Day Finishes Up in Sanders | 5/20/1949 | See Source »

...Planet," which describe the squeeze population growth is putting on our food supply. They discussed synthesizing food from chemicals, flood control, and atomic power sources, and large-scale projects such as the proposed Columbia Valley Authority. They worked on crosion. But most of all they worried about what one speaker called the "the greatest obstacle . . . public apathy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sheep, Soil, Good Sense | 5/20/1949 | See Source »

Lukas Foss composed a musical score especially for the play but it has created several problems, acoustic and otherwise for Safer. Old Brattle Hall was built in 1890 before the days of the loud speaker. When Safer agreed to set up the loud speaker system for the HTW he had to calculate first where the sound ought to come from and then figure how to get the loud speakers there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Tempest' Noises, Brattle Hall Design Try HTW Technician | 5/18/1949 | See Source »

...solved this by hanging one loud speaker on a lighting boom directly over the stage and aiming it out toward the audience. He placed another backstage it is the latter speaker which gives the effect of the music coming from the air of an enchanted laic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Tempest' Noises, Brattle Hall Design Try HTW Technician | 5/18/1949 | See Source »

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