Word: theme
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...addition to Mr. Taylor, who adds by his positive presence, mention might also be made of author Lloyd Douglas in general, and in particular of his noble idea which in a more or less butchered fashion serves as the theme of the story. A man finds completion of life through anonymous benefaction. Although the idea fails to be put across much except in a few philosophical sprinklings by Ralph Morgan, people who like pictures with a message may derive consideration throughout of what course the development of the theme might have followed...
...Democrats long at outs, joined in supporting City Engineer John O. McWilliams in a supreme effort to bury the hatchet in the stout neck of Republican Mayor Harold Hitz Burton. They managed to line up organized labor. Representative Sweeney, mindful of next year's Congressional elections, sang the theme: "The election of McWilliams will deprive Mrs. Hanna of her caviar and champagne...
...great exception last week of nibbling clear through the State banquet he gave Benito Mussolini and toasting his guest in sweet German champagne. Menu: caviar, soup, sole, chicken, ices and fresh fruit. In after dinner conversations among Germans and Italians in the suites of the two leaders one theme loudly, confidently recurred: "The days when Britain and France were the arbiters of Europe are over. There are now not two great European powers but four": i.e.-Britain, France, Germany and Italy...
...ends the book so indeterminately is easier to answer: he found he had bitten off more in the way of Wellsian fantasy than he could chew. Through the rest of the book, however, he does give about as copious a working-out of the satiric possibilities of his theme as could possibly be wished for, and while in some parts of this the creaking of the Capek brain is depressingly almost audible, in others-particularly those dealing with the grave struggles of the diplomats to cope with the plethora of newts-the irony is sharp and vigorous. In any case...
...recall one whit of hesitation on their own part as of five months ago. Professor Munn has started the ball rolling with a force that may even neutralize and overbalance future Thursday distractions such as hour exams and deb parties. By coming, out in sincere, forthright fashion behind the theme that the "world is too much with us", Professor Munn gave embryo philosophers something to test their newly digested theory upon, and whether he was able to settle anything in their minds or not, he definitely aided in making the issue a vigorous, living concern...