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Word: auburns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...stories vary this formula greatly. A 'Woman of Experience varies it not at all. Spy stories are currently favored by producers as a measuring stick for actresses who seem capable of being built up into a resemblance to Greta Garbo (Mysterious Lady). Helen Twelvetrees is charming, low-voiced, auburn-haired, but she lacks the exotic numbness of Garbo, Marlene Dietrich et al. Her quiet and intelli gent acting leaves the melodrama plausible but not exciting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jul. 20, 1931 | 7/20/1931 | See Source »

...millions of dollars to little banks where unexpected runs had started. But not all the outlying banks were in a condition to warrant saving. In one crack the twelve banks of the John Bain chain went down, affecting laborers and commuting clerks in such Southside districts as Stony Island, Auburn Park, Englewood and Chicago Lawn. Although onetime Scot and onetime Plumber Bain said depositors would receive 100%, the alarm spread. By the end of the week 29 banks had closed, Evanston, Des Plaines, Washington Park and Beverly Hills had been added, along with other communities, to U. S. towns where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: In Chicago, Cont'd | 6/22/1931 | See Source »

...coming of the portentous work, heralded and omened by illegitimate night lights and uncouth noises from Mt. Auburn Street, and by righteous uneasiness among Harvard professors, presents contemporary and past Harvard men with an opportunity to enjoy themselves. For the authors have held the mirror up to nature (albeit a slightly imperfect mirror) and the defects of Cambridge scholars--dignity, austerity, knowledge, etc.--come through the refining process of distortion until they are seen in their true light. Fifty pages of wit and caricature at three cents per page...

Author: By E. C. B., | Title: BOOKENDS | 6/16/1931 | See Source »

When the property holdings of the University at Mount Auburn and Holyoke Streets were consolidated by the acquisition of the land now occupied by the Spee Club expression was given to the hope that plans for a new plant for the medical service of the College were forthcoming. Rumors have been circulated to the effect that an anonymous individual had offered to contribute the necessary funds for the realization of such a project but no definite announcement of it has been made. Such a gift would be most heartily welcomed by the University and its students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MEDICAL PROTECTION | 6/16/1931 | See Source »

...statement from the Assistant Comptroller's Office has announced that the building situated at 68 Mount Auburn Street will be available for the use of some of the smaller clubs of the University next year. Since the University came into its possession it has been sublet to students for use as a private house, but with the advent of the new Houses the University feels that it would be more useful to those clubs who might need the space for offices and occasional meetings. Secretaries of such institutions who wish to investigate the possibilities should consult E. S. Emery...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY TO LEASE 68 MT. AUBURN TO SMALLER CLUBS | 6/11/1931 | See Source »

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