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Word: moses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Meek Mose. Prevalent opinions among the hordes that hurry to the theatre include the firm feeling that each Negro is a great actor. All you have to do is put a string of lines into his head, point out the stage and let him live the part. This theory, arising from the efficiency with which Negroes strut in musical shows, was crystallized when the Theatre Guild made its first furore of the season with Porgy, played by an uncanny troupe of colored folk. There were murmurs in the shrewd recesses of the Guild at the time that a good deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Feb. 20, 1928 | 2/20/1928 | See Source »

...into the limelight for posterity. Mr. Keezer, who claims to be even more expert in the matter of the philosophy of clothes than Carlyle himself, was pouring over a volume of "Sartor Resartus" when approached by the scribe in his Emporium yesterday. "Lasciate ognisperanza vio chentrate," said the original Mose of second hand clothes by way of greeting, but he was soon turned in the direction of reminiscences...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Piece de Resistance Among Keezerian Reminiscences Concerns Green Tabloid With Red Motif--Argus Is Shy | 12/15/1927 | See Source »

Those who bewailed the death of the Ibis tree failed to notice that another gallant sapling had fallen before the axe of unpopularity. The Bay Tree Radcliffe's liaison with the Advocate, was no mose . . . is no more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 1/7/1927 | See Source »

...cast is composed of the following: Washington F. M. Eaton '27 Bannard George Higginson '27 Higby G. R. Leighton '27 Dorothy C. S. Gross '27 Shirley W. S. Willson '27 Mrs. Criagie C. B. Lyon '27 Mose R. F. O'Neil '27 A Dutchman Franklin Dextr '28 Aaron Sagg L. F. Daley '27 Ichabod Bartlett C. E. Henderson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "1776" HITS ROAD TOMORROW NIGHT | 4/15/1926 | See Source »

...Bill E. B. Hungerford 1G. Steve Conrad Salinger '28 Blacky R. W. Brink 2G. Nick W. N. Morse 1G. Kraus H. W. Bates King F. C. Packard Jr. 3G. Jack H. K. Behn '22 Pat J. C. Murphy '25 Sewall W. E. Stillwell '25 Grey Merner Miss Carola Bell Mose Mr. Ralph Code Murray Brand J. M. Brown '23 Edita Miss Edith C. Noyes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "47" TO PRESENT "CRUCIBLE" | 3/15/1922 | See Source »

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