Word: al
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...American with "muchas pesetas" (exchange rates were favorable)--regional dishes like roast suckling pig, and eggs "al flamenca" with typical sauces and spices were cheap and delicious. Few visitors missed keen Jai-alai games (a Basque invention, Jai-alai and pelota, which resemble squash, are two of the world's swiftest, most exhausting sports). The sparkling wit of the decadent Spanish theater commences evenings at 11 as do most films. The most spectacular events, however, beside peasant flestas, were the colorful bullfights put on in large arenas every Sunday...
...Jolson Sings Again," is a prime example of their handiwork. "The Jolson Story," to which the present effort is a lame sequel, made very good business for the box offices when it came out two years ago; a movie about the "mammy" singer of the twenties, with Al Jolson's voice on the sound track, was almost a sure thing from the start. But there were a few of Jolson's top numbers that couldn't be fitted in. When the film turned out to be a hit, the moviemakers couldn't resist the temptation to have Jolson sing again...
Before you know it she has him in the movies--doing the songs for "The Jolson Story." There is a charming studio interlude where Larry Parks playing Al Jolson meets Larry Parks playing Larry Parks, and finally, the only redeeming feature of the whole piece, a scene of the premiere of "The Jolson Story...
Most noteworthy event of the practice was the switch of Al Wilson from defensive left tackle to offensive right tackle. Wilson started the year...
Harvard has run up the highest score in the series, a 74-0 rout of the Indians in 1888. The CRIMSON commented that "the Dartmouth men played a curious game." Forty-one years later Dartmouth, led by All-American Al Marsters, retaliated by trouncing the Cantabs...