Word: stage
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...stinging slap for Argentina's Colonels. The Bolivian regime of Gualberto Villarroel, recognized only by Argentina, was firmly in the hemispheric doghouse; the U.S. was trying to line up its Latin friends in a united front to resist any further aggressions by Argentina. Then, when the stage was set, U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull prepared to loose a long-advertised blast against the Argentine and Bolivian regimes...
Chief recording problem was to find readers with a pleasing voice quality, an ability to hold an even reading pace. A few clergymen filled the bill, but most recordings were made by diction-expert stage and radio people...
Melodramatically salvation heaves in sight. A German supply ship and an Allied ship stage a shelling duel. The German ship is sunk...
Training on Trains. In his younger days in London, Hitch was an insatiable first-nighter, a sort of rolling encyclopedia of stage lore. Another consuming interest was transportation. He could tell any Thamesside character who would listen the tonnage, type and country of every craft on the Thames. He loves to ride on trains, and two of his best pictures (The 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes} have thrill ing train sequences...
...rocketing the score up to 21 to 16 in their favor. Shortly after this point was reached. Gordinier left the game on his fourth personal. The Crimson seized the offensive and narrowed the margin between the two teams to three points at the end of the period. At this stage, the tally stood...