Word: spectacularly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...part." Dante's Inferno (Fox). See ten million sinners writhing in eternal torment . . . cringing under the Rain of Fire . . . consumed in the Lake of Flames . . . struggling in the Sea of Boiling Pitch . . . toppling into the Crater of Doom . . . wracked by agony in the Torture Chambers . . . PLUS THE MOST SPECTACULAR CLIMAX EVER CONCEIVED...
...whole cinema cycle (G Men, Let 'Em Have It, Men Without Names, Public Hero No. 1), a radio program by Phillips ("Seth Parker") Lord, countless newspaper feature stories and serials more notable for their action than for their accuracy. The Bureau disclaims all responsibility for this matchless quantity of spectacular press-agentry. It recognizes, along with the Army and Navy, that public attention and public favor make it easier to get money out of Congress. But the public's enthusiasm for G-Men has been largely responsible for alienating the co-operation of local police, without which the Bureau simply...
...Vice President Keller became president, Treasurer Hutchinson became chairman of the finance committee and Chief Engineer Zeder vice chairman of the board of directors, of which Walter Chrysler continues to be chairman. The shifts came at an auspicious time because Chrysler Corp. had just finished one of the most spectacular half-years in history with profits of $18,659,000 and production at an all-time high (TIME, July...
...distrust him. Among multimillionaires who, as Elizabeth Drexel Lehr says, "might hold up the market but could not prevent conversation slumping heavily at their own tables." Lehr's levity and social resourcefulness made him a valued companion, although malicious society writers sometimes made fun of his spectacular dress, his talent for taking feminine roles at amateur theatricals...
...captured Author Maugham's imagination. He visited the town where Loyola had suffered, even attempted some of Loyola's milder exercises for mortifying the flesh, but only made himself ill without ecstasy. Bringing his imagination more sharply into focus, he peered through the popular novels of that spectacular moment of Spanish history in order to visualize the dusty, hungry, breakneck life of the common people. The amazing fertility of Lope de Vega, who wrote 2,200 plays, the cool, sinister elegance of El Greco, the salty, practical fervor of Saint Teresa gave Author Maugham a hint...