Word: manner
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...romantic lapses into the eighteenth century with elusive visions of elegant soirees with flickering tapers and the sparkling tones of the clavichord, the recording of Hadyn's "Concerto en Fa pour clavecin et orchestre" should be an especial delight. A small orchestra accompanies Mme. Roesgen-Champion in such a manner that the clavecin and the timbres of the woodwinds and strings blend together unusually well. There is no profundity in this bit of Haydn; even the andante is a very short and simple tune. "His Master's Voice" has also released a recording of Bach's Double Piano Concerto...
...ever fearful of losing their stranglehold on police forces, say that the proposal is too "radical," and would jeopardize the independence of the local authorities. This objection is too shallow to be taken seriously; the plain fact is that centralization is needed and the bill suggests the only practical manner of obtaining it. The bill would also institute a Massachusetts Police School which meets no opposition in principle but is classed as an extravagance by the politicians...
...more serious effect than the quenching of but another torch of culture. In the field of Harvard publication, there is definite place for a fourth magazine. It should cover controversial topics of a sociological, political nature, collegiate and national, in a hard-hitting, strikingly readable style, somewhat in the manner of the New Republic or The Nation. It should not squabble in the abstract, rummage in the antique. It should be backed by a reputable organization, by a large enough group to guarantee its continuity and lend coherence to its columns. Indeed, it is to be marveled that the Harvard...
There is not the slightest blame that can be attached to the A. F. of L. They have a big national organization to support and they need the members, so that dues can help pay expenses of all manner of things needed in waging industrial war or threatening it. The A. F. of L. simply took advantage of what in football would be called an "opening" in the opposition line...
...degree and taught at Radcliffe. He left a law chair at Pennsylvania to go to Washington. Now 40 and an intellectual in a government of intellectuals, he has proved one of the most moderate of the Washington professors. In conference he lectures in his best pontifical manner, but in his office he puffs a corncob pipe, swings his feet to the desk...