Word: speaking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...walls must be of the Fifth Century before Christ. . . . There is a temple of the period of Augustus [contemporary with Christ] and there is a water clock of the Second Century A. D. . . . This city, called Minturnae, was the mainstay of the Romans, their base of operations so to speak in their wars with Carthage...
Polly of the Circus (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) is a product of that school of cinematic thought which believes that all ministers of the gospel should be wholesome, naïve souls whose love is pure, and that all low-born theatrical folk promptly speak correct English as soon as they take to reading the Bible and consorting with the proper people. The picture might have been interesting because it brought together for the first time Marion Davies and Clark Gable (with the latter's name in larger type in all press advertisements except in Hearstpapers). But the combination contributes...
...Boston, at the present time, a prospective open-air orator must obtain a permit before he can speak. Usually such requests are granted; it is always possible, however, to prevent speeches on undesirable subjects by refusing the necessary authorization. Limitations which have been laid down in this way have served only to drive the agitators to secret meetings, where by posing as martyrs, they have been able to exert a far more dangerous influence than they could by speaking in the open...
...guard against such conditions, as well as to preserve the institution of free speech for the American people, is the aim of a bill which has passed the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and which comes before the Senate tomorrow. This bill, if passed, will make it legal to speak in public merely by notifying the authorities in advance; but it will not legalize utterances which are now forbidden. It will put into fact the words of Mr. Chief Justice Hughes, that "Hyde Park meetings and soap-box oratory constitute the most efficient safety-valve against resort by the discontented...
...White, the first woman to speak at an Association dinner, will preside...