Word: affair
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ranging in subject from the philosophically cosmic to the personal love-affair, Brinnin remains contemporary in context and imagery. The poet's "wasteland" is constantly evident in the volume, but this poet also finds room for hope and for reaffirmation of individual dignity. Poems like "Every Earthly Creature" and "O Troubled Heart" combine an honest appraisal of the shortcomings of our age with an artist's answer to contemporary despair, and thus add philosophic depth to the poignant cry for lost riches in lyrics like "Prague." If, ultimately, it is in the more personal lyrics, such as "Dissertation on Whose...
...clock when the massed formations of 1600 Harvard men in uniform parade through the Johnson Gate on their way to Soldiers Field for the largest full-dress review in the recent history of Harvard's military and naval units. In keeping with the grandiose scale of this affair the reviewing party will include such notables as President James B. Conant, the Governor of the Common wealth, and the commanding officers of the First Corps Area and the First Naval District...
Jinx Falkenburg, introduced as "the girl with the big spread in Life," was the feature attraction, and made the affair a minor epic of frustration when she failed to get kissed, although it was a touch-and-go proposition several times during her time in the spotlight...
Heading what the Smoker Committee describes as "the greatest cast of assorted entertainers ever assembled on this side of the Charles," Jinx Falkenburg and Beatrice Kay will speak tonight to a crowd of approximately 1000 at the annual Freshman affair. Well aware of last year's abduction of Sally Rand, which came close to throwing the Class of '44 into a panic, the Committee asserted that all precautions have been taken to prevent a repetition, and expressed confidence that all would-be abductors will meet "sudden death...
...Smoker Committee also announced a new policy in regard to ticket sales. Unlike past years, when upperclassmen were given an opportunity to purchase any pasteboards left over after the Yardlings completed their buying, this year's Smoker will be strictly a Freshman affair, with all upperclassmen excluded...