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Word: depictions (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...which pictures of gangland portrayed the heroism and sterling tendency, according to the previews has been to depict the realities of the underworld. "The Secret Six", now playing at Loew's State follows the latter rule. The purpose of this production is to prove that the old adage that there is honor among thieves is all wrong...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 5/2/1931 | See Source »

...Spain to his list of conquered nations, resulted in years of fighting accompanied by starvation, mutilation, and all the horrors of war. These hideous scenes accompanying Spain's struggle for independence, were translated by Goya's imagination into the series of the Disasters of War. They do not depict specific events but represent what might and probably did take place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOGG MUSEUM TO OPEN EXHIBITION OF GOYA'S PRINTS AND DRAWINGS | 2/19/1931 | See Source »

Conant's report to the Medieval Academy of America, which institute is sponsoring the work, two paragraphs in particular depict the extent of this historic splendor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant and Assistants Excavate Ruins of Old Abbey of Cluny In Burgundy--Monastery Center of Middle Age Monasticism | 12/2/1930 | See Source »

...model to demonstrate how the 10-oz. heart moves a total of 20 tons of blood daily. After the "Man" exhibit, most interest focused on the physical culture section. This shows with models and pictures the various laws which govern the structure and functions of the body. Scenes depict how various peoples and bodies at various times get their exercise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: German Hygiene Museum | 6/2/1930 | See Source »

Unique in its tone, The Sportsman is not for the ringside habitué, not for the occasional "hunter" who combs the hills once each year for a legal maximum bag of game, not for the bleacher authority on batting averages. Its rich illustrations depict gentlemen riders taking jumps handsomely: "Mr. Lewis Lacey . . . leads Mr. Hopping over the boards in the third match at Meadow Brook"; a priest blessing the hounds of Chagrin Valley Hunt Club before the chase...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Gentlemen of the Press | 5/12/1930 | See Source »

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