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...Boston Athletic Ass'n Games...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Minor Winter Sports Schedules | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

Twelfth Night (by William Shakespeare; produced by Roger Stevens) has its immortal virtues-speeches filled with fragrance, bewitching songs. In Viola it has a charming heroine; in Malvolio, "sick of self-love," a monumental pompous ass. To him, as a huffing spoilsport, is addressed one of Shakespeare's crispest queries: "Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?" To him, by a frisking clown, is tossed some of Shakespeare's tersest wisdom: "There is no darkness but ignorance." And nowhere more than in Twelfth Night can a lovely moment suddenly leap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Old Play in Manhattan, Oct. 17, 1949 | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

Fall & Rise. By 1930 the Bank of Italy caught up with its prestige and size: it became the Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n. A.P. retired again. But soon he disagreed with the way his interests were being run, and rode back into power on a wave of proxies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BANKING: Retirement for A.P. | 6/13/1949 | See Source »

...same tone he would use to say "She's a lulu." Once married to her, he starts composing verses about roses and nightingales in the garden outside her bedchamber. When the poems fail to impress the pouting bride, Lund turns on the nearest nightingale and roars: "You silly ass!" In reply, the soundtrack lets out a squawk like a barnyard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Apr. 25, 1949 | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

...satisfied. For one thing, he had not grasped the importance of mathematics soon enough: "I saw that mathematics was split into numerous specialties, each one of which could easily absorb the short lifetime granted us. Consequently, I saw myself in the position of Buridan's ass*. . . unable to decide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Holy Curiosity | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

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