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Word: speaking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Wages-&-Hours Bill last summer. Nonetheless, voting on amendments earlier in the week had suggested that the coalition was sufficiently outnumbered to make the final vote on recommitting-i.e., killing- the bill little more than a formality prefacing its passage. When sturdy Mr. O'Connor rose to speak his final piece on the matter last week, the House had just heard Majority Leader Rayburn cry: "Is it possible that we want to send the message to the country tonight, even though we have the President in the White House for two years and eight months longer, that this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Yataghans at 15 Blocks | 4/18/1938 | See Source »

...that the average Columbia senior expects to be making $5,000 a year five years after graduation. But if by some chance he should be cast away on some desert island, the companion he would choose would be golden blonde Cinemactress Madeleine Carroll. The scholarly reason: her ability to speak French...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Young Man's Fancy | 4/18/1938 | See Source »

...speak with awed respect of one DeVoto...

Author: By Rockwell Hollands, | Title: Hicks and Hillyer Residing in Same House Presents Problem | 4/16/1938 | See Source »

Mayor Lyons, who has been invited to speak at a Communist meeting on Tuesday, refused to make any statement yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YCL HERE DENIES CONNECTION WITH LOCAL RED SCARE | 4/16/1938 | See Source »

Zoltan Kodal's Te Deum reaches heights of beauty rarely heard in any music old or new. Although Kodaly wrote this work for a national Hungarian festival, there seem to be no definite Hungarian traits in the music. His style is, rather cosmopolitan. To speak of the weaknesses first, this modern composer is not a master of the fugue. His individual lines are strong and clean, but he is sloppy in combining them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Music Box | 4/13/1938 | See Source »

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