Word: tracts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...head by steel police. And when the police follow him into his own house, cornering him like a rat, his sister shoots one of them, is carried off to jail. All this takes place to an accompaniment of futile, maudlin ranting against things-as-they-are. A tract rather than a play, Steel does not interest, move or convince...
...site, Dr. Shapley said, "The general interest which Mr. and Mrs. Fuller have for long had in astronomy made them aware of the importance of the Oak Ridge site as a location for a big reflecting telescope. Their quick and generous offer to Harvard of their valuable tract has been a great satisfaction to all the members of the Observatory staff who are concerned with the operation of the new reflector...
...German people as shown in their choice of a national war memorial. Near Weimar, the geographical center of the German nation, a great grove of the sort that is peculiarly the pride of Germany has been agreed upon by all the states for this purpose. From this tract, typically primitive yet orderly as German forests are, landscape architects are to carve out a monument more expressive of the German spirit than all the fine phrases of conventional inscriptions on polished stone. Taking nothing for granted, making no mention of the creeds of the combattants, and imputing no lofty motives, this...
...operates in all about 1,660 miles of tract and owns, jointly with the Atlantic Coast Line, the Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Co. providing service from Florida ports to Havana and Nassau...
...cast, if they would consent to appear. Producer Hughes hired Leo McCarey to direct the picture, Ben Hecht to work on the dialog. When he came to the problem of selecting a cast, however, Hollywood's indignation interfered with his plans. Only three cinemactors are under exclusive con tract to Producer Hughes - Billie Dove (sometimes reported engaged to him) ; Pat O'Brien (Front Page) ; Jean Harlow (Hell's Angels). Forced to hire actors from other producers, Producer Hughes found that other producers were reluctant to let him have actors for any picture, that they flatly refused...