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Word: insights (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Evidences of quaint drollery, subtle humor, and even boisterous merriment in some of the most austere Victorians are aptly shown in this week's Widener room display of original and unpublished manuscripts. A number of rare pieces by famous nineteenth century authors are on exhibition which give an insight into an unexpected facetiousness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unpublished Manuscripts in Widener Display Show Famous Authors in Light Mood--Dickens Doggerel Parodies Gray | 3/26/1925 | See Source »

...Wormser. Through three acts which deal with the fragile adventures of poor Pierrot who runs away with one Phrynette, returns home in tears, no player speaks a word. Miss Taylor's face is a painted mask of eternal, baffled laughter, of moon-blanched sorrow; her gestures are eloquent, her insight unfailing. George Copeland, famed pianist, upholds the glittering pattern of gesture with subtle rhythms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Mar. 16, 1925 | 3/16/1925 | See Source »

...place which President Lowell occuples in the minds and hearts of graduates. It is only when he points out the necessity of more adequate information on administrative policy that Mr. Nichols gets close to any truth. And that idea is not original with him: nor does it require profound insight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THESE ABSURD SURVEYS | 3/14/1925 | See Source »

...have been sent out to as many towns within the 50 mile radius of Boston. The purpose of these trips is not an evangelistic one nor is it their purpose to boost Harvard but merely to give the boys and young men of the small towns an insight into the possibilities and purpose of college life and training...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS MARKS DEPUTATION WORK | 3/12/1925 | See Source »

...except, of course, the Bible. You will, no doubt, receive some irate letters about the Hobby Horse Article in your Feb. 23 issue. Some will denounce you for over praising-President Coolidge, some for ridiculing him. My private opinion is that the writer of the article has shown unusual insight and justice in his sketch of the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Perkins vs. Jenkins | 3/9/1925 | See Source »

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