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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Marc Blitzstein, under a Koussevitzky commission, found these in "The Little-Foxes" by Lillian Hellman, and he calls the product "Regina." The play deals with a decadent, bickering Southern family which breaks to pieces over an unscrupulous money deal. The composer has worked into this a ball with many Southern belles and several appearances of singing and playing Negroes. In general the music effectively increases the tension, though, with a lack of variation in the first act which is exasperating. Many of the arias, particularly those of the sweet, flighty Birdie, are genuine mood pieces, effectively incorporating devices...

Author: By Herbert P. Gleason, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 10/15/1949 | See Source »

William C. Becker '51, Robert W. Kratz '51, and K. Bruce Friedman '50 are the orators who will carry the ball for Harvard's side of the topic. Melvin L. Zurier '50, President of the Debate Council, will act as moderator for the discussion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debaters Argue Cadets on Education Aims Tonight | 10/14/1949 | See Source »

Harvard was at its best in the first period, keeping the ball in the Amherst zone most of the way despite a strong wind which was helping the Jeffs. But twice Amherst broke through: at 13:25 on a indirect penalty kick by Joe Griffiths and 21:05 on a left-side corner kick by Phil Eisner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Amherst Upsets Soccer Squad, 2-0 | 10/13/1949 | See Source »

When WBZ-TV isn't in the studio playing with rattlesnakes or out following a ball game, it devotes much of its time to films. After the films are adapted technically for television, they must undergo a crucial test before the film editor. The editor spends eight hours a day scrutinizing every film the station plans to use, occasionally deleting whatever "won't go in Boston." "I bore myself silly," she says...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: CIRCLING THE SQUARE | 10/11/1949 | See Source »

...Harvard's outside right, Ben Goldstein, again kicked in a ball that first bounced off several heads in the Cornell crease. The Crimson almost scored again late in the quarter, but a hard shot from the right hit the goalpost a half an inch too far to the left...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Cornell Tramples Soccer Team, 3-1 | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

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