Word: band
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...London, a band of rowdies burst into a narrow street thronged with auctioneers and buyers in a pet animal market, shouted " Earthquake ! Earthquake!" caused a stampede that injured 60 people and destroyed hundreds of caged canaries, cats, dogs, chickens, parrots...
Although the University Band had a record turnout at the trials held last week. A. S. Simmons '24 has issued a call for further candidates to come to the second rehearsal of the season tonight at 7.30 o'clock in Sanders Theatre. All those who respond to this call will be furnished instruments by the Band. With those who report tonight for the first time the director will build up the various sections of the Band so that they will balance more evenly...
...Band will perform at the Middlebury game next Saturday and will march on the field between the halves...
...northern Italy a band of ardent Fascisti were passing through a village. Atop a castle tower was a red flag! Infuriated, the Fascist leader went to the Prefect and informed him that the village was in the hands of the Communists. The local Fascisti were called to arms and the Prefect dashed off to deliver an ultimatum to the Reds. Only the custodian was in residence in the castle and he was summoned to appear forthwith in the presence of the Prefect. Questioned as to the meaning of his rebellious act, he replied that the military authorities had commanded...
Scaramouche has already been greeted as the finest French Revolution yet brought to the screen-and even if you are a little weary of seeing a strongly American band of sans-culottes demolish a pasteboard Paris, you should not miss Scaramouche, for it is quite the best thing Rex Ingram has done since The Four Horsemen. The story follows Sabatini's novel closely enough-the stroller-swordsman hero (Ramon Navarro) is dashingly effective-the scenes of the storming of the royal palace are incredibly exciting-the Danton of George Siegmann presents, for once, a hero rather than a ranter...