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Word: understands (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Frank promised that Guthrie will lead an opera every month, the next to be Samson & Delilah. Determined Guthrie: "If I have anything to say about it, it will be sung in English. All American opera should be sung in English. What good are words if people can't understand them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Youngest Conductor | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

...darkest days of the 1929 stockmarket crash, when almost every rumor was a libel, Broker Michael J. ("Mike") Meehan sauntered up to one of his partners, said cheerily: "Well, I understand I'm broke. Guess we'd better give all the boys in the office a two weeks' bonus to prove...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Broken Broker | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

Boehler, though highly regarded in Central Europe, is an artist comparatively unknown to the American art public. Following the lead of Cezanne, Gaugin, Picasso, and Matisse, his paintings have a hazy quality which make them difficult to understand at first glance. With a little study, however, the colors come out with a vibrancy which is usually found only in stained glass windows or a mosaic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Collections and Critiques | 12/4/1936 | See Source »

...ways of attacking Shakespeare: firstly, the intellectual point of view of the student; and secondly, the showman's point of view. The latter looks at the production as simply a play, written by a modern playwright. His object is to bring out the drama, make the audience understand the action, impress them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debut in Shakespeare Makes Walter Huston Feel Enthusiastic About His Productions in the Future | 12/4/1936 | See Source »

Through Phillips Brooks House comes an appeal for more volunteers to do social service work. This form of extracurricular activity has been going on for many years unnoticed by a large majority of graduates and undergraduates. The time requirements are only two hours a week. Many men do not understand the main motives behind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEED SOCIAL WORKERS FOR PHILLIPS BROOKS | 12/4/1936 | See Source »

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