Word: awakening
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...healthy thing. The Republicans have been sitting on the throne for too many years. They have waxed fat and a bit indolent. Knowledge of power can be a dangerous sedative, and for years the voters have been convincing the Republicans of their strength. The kick of a donkey may awaken them...
...workers under him. If Tony smashes his thumb under a sledge hammer the foreman could get him to talk about the wife and kiddies and thus get his mind off the injured member, or if Manuel should inadvertently fall asleep between rest periods the foreman should not try to awaken him but should sit down and listen sympathetically to his snoring. The only difficulty in this theory would seem to be in discovering that rara avis The Sympathetic Foreman...
...gives the theatre but $9,000 a year income. Last year's deficit was $42,000 which came out of the Art Institute's pocket. Director Stevens' position: he wanted to produce serious drama and did (Dear Brutus, The Golem, The Wild Duck, When We Dead Awaken, The Game of Love & Death, Don Juan, The Forest). The Institute's position: serious drama, artistically done, was excellent if the theatre could earn its keep...
...Eureka, Calif., Indian Jonas Grant, 19, was arrested for robbing and setting fire to the home of Charles Marsh. Jonas Grant said that he had committed arson in order to awaken the victims of his robbery, so they would be sure to send him to jail. He explained that he had been unable to make the Redwood Creek baseball team, that an ex-convict had told him the San Quentin prison team was one of the best in the state...