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Word: impressionable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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The gentlemen who wrote the letter to the Crimson Thursday morning have a concept of democracy which is incredible; it can leave only the impression that they are seeking for a rationalization to justify an attempt to break up a sincere and serious meeting. Surely democracy and freedom of speech...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 11/17/1939 | See Source »

Prime requirement for sex education, said Authors Gruenberg & Kaukonen, is that its teachers (preferably married) should have a balanced outlook on life, be optimistic, poised, sympathetic to young people's problems, of upright character. A teacher must also be able to see that sex is sometimes funny, must be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Open Sexame | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

Otherwise, Bette Davis, except in her scenes with Francis Bacon, ably acted by Donald Crisp, dominates the picture as singlehandedly as Elizabeth dominated England. For though slow-smiling, boyish Errol Flynn in a pair of seven-league boots will flutter more hearts than the Queen's, dramatically he leaves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Nov. 13, 1939 | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

Despite a $2000 endowment used to doll up the Princeton band in gaudy uniforms, observers came back with the impression that Harvard's penniless aggregation was able to outdo them.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BAND BACK FROM SUCCESSFUL WEEKEND TRIP TO PRINCETON | 11/7/1939 | See Source »

An intriguing mixture of dadaistic dances and Jerome Kern melodies form the gossamer-like substance of "Very Warm For May," the new Kern-Hammerstein musical which began its Boston run last night. The result is most pleasing, for just as the incongruity of surrealistic ballet and fine music strike a...

Author: By C. C. P., | Title: The Playgoer | 11/7/1939 | See Source »

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