Word: thirdly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Lewellyn Powys, 55, third of the literary Powys brothers (the others, Theodore Francis and John Cowper), descendant of William Cowper and John Donne; of tuberculosis; in Davos Platz, Switzerland. Ill off and on for 30 years, Lewellyn Powys underscored in his writings (best known: Ebony and Ivory, Skin for Skin, The Cradle of God) a hedonistic design for living : "We should grow less involved in society and more deeply involved in existence...
...most radio listeners, however, a third man in Box 44 is synonymous with opera itself. He is 42-year-old Milton John Cross, a huge, humble, bespectacled, music-charmed announcer whose cultured, genuflecting voice seems to his public to come straight from NBC's artistic soul. Radio listeners hear a tremolo of anticipation when Milton Cross's bated, bass-viol voice tells them: "The house lights are being dimmed. In a moment the great gold curtain will...
...Class I roads,* about one-third (including 20 in bankruptcy) are unable to meet their fixed charges on bonds and preferred stock. Another third is little better off. Only eight Class I roads have bonds outstanding which are gilt-edged enough to be marked with Moody's Aaa (Pennsylvania, Norfolk & Western, Chesapeake & Ohio, Union Pacific, Wheeling & Lake Erie, Virginian, Detroit & Toledo Shore Line, Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac...
When the House pucksters take to the ice at the Boston Skating Club tonight in their third series of matches, all eyes will be focused on the Winthrop-Dormitory game, which will bring together two undefeated teams in the first match of the evening...
Summarizing the work of the third annual Guardian Conference, which took place Friday and Saturday, Enno R. Hobbing '40, president of the Guardian, declared, "We think that the problems of propaganda and the horizons of the experts and students attending have been broadened...