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Word: tuneful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sixth when Petrolle, who does most of his work with his left, surprised him into unconsciousness with a right. Petrolle's victory assured him of being rematched with Lightweight Champion Tony Canzoneri-whom he defeated two years ago in a fight that had been intended to help Canzoneri tune up for the one in which he won his title...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Express | 2/1/1932 | See Source »

...fifteenth, and largest. "The usual procedure," relates Mr. Swift, "is for the operator to start (jiggling) with his right hand, proceed down the scale with his left, bring his right foot into play, and nod his head for the two strong men to start ringing Bell No. 15." No tune results, but there is a terrific clangor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mood Indigo | 2/1/1932 | See Source »

...same boat. Lately she has become more firmly identified than ever with roles like the ones which Mary Pickford used to play, the ingenuous heroine of sentimental comedy-drama. Privately, Miss Gaynor likes to read In Tune with the Infinite by Ralph Waldo Trine, has a freckled nose. Hell Divers (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) is a successful merger of two well known types of cinema entertainment: aeronautical spectacle (like Hell's Angels, Dirigible) and man-to-man comedy (like What Price Glory, The Big Parade). It is also a loud advertisement for the U. S. Navy. One of the shortcomings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jan. 4, 1932 | 1/4/1932 | See Source »

...Alexanderson arc, however, can modify as well as modulate the carrier light waves. Hence receivers could tune in on properly differentiated sending lights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Light Pictures | 1/4/1932 | See Source »

...around once to display a sign: I WILL SHARE. Young Marshall Dana learned during the summer how a ham Shakespearean trouper should act, and that is the way he plays Don Quixote, complete with suit of armor and greying spade beard. J. N. Foran ably sings an ably written tune, "No More Happiness." D. S. McMillan is a creditable heroine. Notably missing from this year's production is blond, birdlike, ballet-dancing Harry Dunham of last year's show?much to the relief of those graduates who were beginning to wonder if Princeton's female impersonators were not getting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Triangle in Spain | 1/4/1932 | See Source »

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