Word: wrath
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...suspected that Strauss's wrath at Vienna is due to the unenthusiastic reception accorded his last two premieres. He is a popular composer, but the critics did not hesitate to comment in a manner the reverse of complimentary on the two pieces. Strauss says he will not leave Vienna, but will devote all his attention to composing, not to directing...
...episode of the use of Bubbles, a painting by Sir John Everett Millais, famed Englishman, for advertising purposes by the Pear's Soap Co. Millais, however, did not connive at the commercial use of his art. On the contrary, it was done without his knowledge; and his wrath knew no bounds when he discovered...
...wrath of the Faculty descended upon a proposed torchlight procession, decreeing that if one was conducted it must not be as representatives of the University. Accordingly with true Harvard deference for University authority, a transparency was carried by the Class of 1873 in the procession, which bore upon it the legend, "Whoever says we are Harvard Seniors is a Liar and a Villain." This obedience to the Faculty's decree taught that body never to interfere again in processions of this kind...
...attack of Mrs. Marbury, New York Democratic leader, on Mrs. Coolidge for making public the cost of her waists may, of course, not be free from malice. It is enough to stir any true Democrat to wrath to realize that the process of making modish shirtwaists for $1.69 is exclusively a Republican secret. One suspects that the criticism is motivated as much by the fact that Mrs. Coolidge withheld the details as to pattern and material as by the advertising of her thrift. Were the Democratic women truly wise, they would immediately closed themselves in conference with Mr. Snippean. What...
...couse, the Benjamin Franklin hypothesis is the most reasonable. Someone, no doubt, was annoyed with Benjamin for some reason, and vented his wrath in this lasting fashion. Since the picture was found not far from a mail box, it is safe to assume that the Philadelphia stage had been delayed, and the Saturday Evening Post had not reached Cambridge on Thursday morning...