Word: summoning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Originally the shofar was used to summon the Jews not only to festivals, but to battle...
That Certain Woman is what is known as a players' picture; everyone gets the call, and everyone responds with all the theatrical craft he can summon up. It indicates a lesson learned from the Britons and the French: the tendency to use big-name players in parts that come close to being "bits...
...Secret buttons, like those used by bank tellers to call aid in case of robberies, were placed on the desks of the President's secretaries to enable them to summon the White House guards if visitors grew ugly. " Just a precaution," said the Secret Service...
When Lucy and Barkley Cooper summon their grown children to announce that the bank has foreclosed the mortgage on their house, they are sure the children will provide a remedy. The children are less positive. George is trying to put a daughter through college. Cora's husband is poor. Nellie's husband's business is bad. Robert has all he can do to look after himself. The plan they finally work out is for Lucy to live with George while Barkley goes to stay with Cora...
...Adams House revelers next Friday night will dance until two o'clock to the sophisticated swing music of Art Shaw and his Brunswick recording orchestra. Lovely and vivacious Dorothy Howe, at present under contract to M.G.M. in Hollywood will entertain guests with her singing, while Art Shaw himself will summon sweet and hot strains from his clarinet...