Word: threads
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...adventurously, on a voyage of intellectual discovery, ready to acknowledge whatever conclusions his reason may bring him to. Without disparaging the Bishop's sincerity, it must, however, be said, that in all the labyrinth of his argument he seems to be clutching fast to a little thread which always brings him safely back to Anglican Orthodoxy...
...first part of the picture is hardly more than a succession of historical scenes, vividly pictured, and joined together by a thin thread of actual plot. The beauty of the photography and the turbulence of the action carry it through. George III is pictured as the king "who ever warred with freedom and the free," George Washington is remarkably acted by Arthur Dewey without undue exaggeration; and Samuel Adams and John Hancock are brought forth as the guiding spirits of the Northern Colonies. Paul Revere's ride and the Battle of Lexington are as vivid as screen art can make...
...Square, reported that 25 of its plows were kept busy clearing the tracks of the district, a figure unprecedented for the winter. It was stated that car movement proceeded about as usual, interruptions being largely due to the automobile traffic. Students with 9 o'clocks, however, had to thread their way through a line of cars extending from the Square as far as Quincy street...
...Echo de Paris said: "Chancellor Marx is simply taking up the thread of the Cuno and Stresemann maneuvers...
Fourteen fitful fragments of their decline and fall are whisked by in staccato succession. Fourteen is too many times to snap the thread of theatrical illusion. Rather a restless rise of suspense is the result; it sags and roust be picked up again with visible effort at the beginning of each scene...