Word: warp
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...streamlined Cleveland Orchestra as background, gave the new concerto its first performance. Well-woven as a Paisley shawl, Composer Walton's opus proved warm as well as intricate. And though Cleveland's dowagers found its texture scratchier than crepe, Cleveland's critics fingered its solid warp & woof with enthusiasm. Said Clevelander Rodzinski, rolling a long cigaret of Polish tobacco after the concert: "This is one of the most important violin works of the century. Emphatically so!" Echoed Violinist Heifetz: "I'm very crazy about...
...there was a duty which imposed itself upon Levy. Trained lawyer that he is, and possessing an experience gained in more than 30 years of practice, he should have appreciated instantly that his dealings with Manton had been such that . . . they might well be calculated to warp or bias Manton's judgment. . . . Had Manton's colleagues upon the court been advised of the connection existing between him and Levy, it is unthinkable that either of them would have sat with Manton upon the appeals...
...third of the nation will soon pass the half-century mark. Average life expectancy in the U. S. is now 60 years, and physicians believe it can never be raised above 75. Reason: although cancer and bacterial diseases may eventually be controlled, bones will eventually buckle and warp, arteries will eventually harden. > About half the old people in the U. S. die from diseases of the circulatory system (hardening of the arteries, heart trouble), 12.5% from diseases of the respiratory system (pneumonia, influenza), 12.5% from cancer, 8.5% from kidney disease, the rest from diseases of the digestive system, or accidents...
This week in a startling book, Medicine At the Crossroads,† with a warp of drastic criticism and a moderate woof of diplomacy, Dr. Bernheim ripped into the medical profession. Considering himself a "terrible old reactionary," he offered plans for medicine's modernization. Among his suggestions...
...spectacular Virginia lady who 'has sat in the House of Commons since 1919, "that I wouldn't think of accepting an invitation to meet him if one were offered me. I loathe dictators and all they stand for. The most horrible thing Hitler has done is to warp the lives of Jewish children. Isn't it awful we can't tell what this lunatic is going to do next...