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Word: themes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...three times. The poem composed by His Imperial Majesty in person was loudly, deeply and sonorously intoned once, twice, thrice, four times and yet again, in keeping with the dignity and divinity of the Son of Heaven. The Emperor's divine poem on this year's set theme may be translated thus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Digressions from Election | 3/2/1936 | See Source »

...broke the release date. Thus, before Key Pittman opened his mouth to keynote, Tokyo had read his speech. Headlined the Tokyo Asahi: "CHAIRMAN OF SENATE'S FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE OFFICIALLY ATTACKS JAPAN-Japanese Foreign Office Says 'Let him roar.' " In the main Senator Pittman's theme was that Japan is doing China wrong and that as soon as the Great Powers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EASTERN ASIA: Soviets v. Empires | 2/24/1936 | See Source »

...Smeterlin is to give a recital in Jordan Hall this Saturday afternoon, and he has chosen a program which is both interesting and well-balanced. Beethoven's Sonata in G major (opus 79) is the first number and it is followed by the impressive Brahms Variations on a Paganini theme. Works by Raval, Albeniz, and Chopin complete the list. It is, of course, Mr. Smeterlin's execution of the works of the last named composer which has brought him his greatest fame, but whether he chooses to play Chopin or Ravel, he is always a magnificent artist who is well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Music Box | 2/13/1936 | See Source »

...engraving in particular illustrates this devotion to realistic detail. Objects of the least significance to the central theme pop up in odd corners of the picture, and a small insect placed near the feet of the Virgin for no apparent reason and drawn with biological accuracy has caused this picture to be known as "The Holy Family with Grasshopper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GERMANIC MUSEUM | 2/8/1936 | See Source »

...from the beginning -- a fact which is to be read between the lines of Dr. E. J. Simmons's recent study, "English Literature and Culture in Russia." Solovyev writes further, pointing out the obvious with all the modesty and non-chalance of genius: "It is often overlooked that the theme in 'Hamlet' is only a revival of the ancient theme of Orestes." The Shakespere critique is only a rather long deviation from the real subject, which is the life-drama of Plato and Socrates, but it is an "aside" that intensifies the interest of the main theme. Perhaps Solovyev...

Author: By W. E. H., | Title: The Crimson Bookshelf | 2/4/1936 | See Source »

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