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...Roman Abramovitch, the George Steinbrenner-like owner of the big London soccer team Chelsea, so prized Ghana's exquisite midfielder Michael Essien that he splashed out 36 million pounds to pry the man loose from the French league champions, Lyon. Essien was worth the money, his presence on the pitch helping Chelsea to the Premiere League championship...
...Freshman summary: HARVARD 1932 BROWN Speck, g. g., Williams Rodenberg, pt. pt., Mackessey Lowenberg, c. pt. c. pt., Sharp Field, 1d. 1d., Lounsbury Jackson, 2d. 2d., Rougvie Wilder, 3d. 3d., Riggs Pattison, c. c., White Harris, 3a. 3a., Paola Abramovitch, Keck, 2a. 2a., Strickland Winslow, Cochrane, 1a. 1a., Stafford Kuhl. i.h. i.h., Dane Lay, o.h. o.h., Fram...
...Glenn, MeGuire, Foshay, Searles 2, Bohn, Ready, Referee-Singluff. Times Two 30-minute periods. 1932 SPRINGFIELD SECONDS Speek, Hurvitch. g. g., Springer Myerson, Dame, pt. pt., Kaufman Rodenberg. c.pt. c.pt., Murray Field. Hermann, Id. Id., Stiner Wilder. Sweeney, Edwards, 2d. 2d., Holmes Pattison. Carnduff, c. c., Gilmore, Vandenberg Harris, Abramovitch, 3a. 3a., Hall Cochraane, Winslow, 2a. 2a., Humphrey, Ellis Keck, 1a. 1a., Dunkerley Lay, Winer, o,h. o.h., Sampson Kuhl, Alt. i.h. i.h., Cobb...
...Abramovitch is Anne Nichols' new production, with a cast of almost 100. It tells of a Russian Jew, whose ideal is uplift of humanity, whom poverty drives to amass a fortune in the U. S., who later loses both fortune and a beloved son, thereupon re-dedicates himself to his original, unmercenary ideal of uplifting humanity. Just how the elevation is to be accomplished is not divulged, but the End of Ends is when "all men love one another like brothers...
...lines are written in blank verse, a special musical accompaniment is provided to exalt them still higher. Unfortunately, the play, weighted down by heavy-handed craftsmanship and uninspired poetry, ascends to nothing loftier than pompous platitudinousness. Specimen of the verse: "a magnificent flood of mothers' milk." Sam Abramovitch might as logically have been Hans Schneidewind but for the local box office...