Word: finer
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...program equally concerns itself with classic and modern numbers, to show the abilities of the orchestra in executing chromatic as well as melodic compositions. Modeste Eugene Alloo, the conductor, has paid particular attention to the selection of the modern pieces, with the view of bringing out the finer points in modern French and Belgian music. The "piece de resistance" of the entire program will be the "Unfinished Symphony" by Schubert, a number very rarely offered by concert artists in this country...
...effective as to surprise the world. There was no referendum. To be sure, there was the universal service system in France. But that system (which the people as a whole voted for several years ago) in compelling responsibility, made the great mass of men think and fight with a finer spirit than thoughtless men can ever know. It was not referendum that made them think; it was the realization of their individual responsibility in defending their country...
...Germany's ports. And haying established a real blockade England can, under international law, refuse to allow neutrals to trade with Germany. England has at times overstepped her rights but American pocketbooks, not American lives, have suffered. America may be a land of dollar-worshippers, but there is a finer sense left in us yet which for once has made us look beyond our purses, at the rights and honor due to American citizens...
...frothy, laughable--an in retrospect rather silly. Its pleasure lies almost wholly in the delightful acting of the star and Mr. Lawford. The Barrie portion of the program is concentrated power and emotion of a sadly scarce variety. Here the material with which the actors work is of far finer filre, and, perhaps as a natural result of this, the quality and tone of the acting is richer and more satisfying...
...schedule before hard weather set in. Soccer is a fine game, a good game in itself and valuable in the influence it exerts in bringing into athletic competition boys who would otherwise have no intercollegiate sport medium. The writer confesses to a lack of knowledge concerning the finer points of the game, but a Philadelphian--the home of soccer--has thus set down his impressions of the various teams of the Intercollegiate League; Pennsylvania he says, was the most adept, showing a greater knowledge of the game and playing it with a higher degree of skill than...