Word: benefited
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bother to nominate a Man of the Year this December? Any man who can throw the whole world into a state of nervous tension, change the map of the European Continent, persecute thousands of people, and still come through without actual declared war. should win this coveted title without benefit of competition...
Aside from subscriptions to the Harvard Book for Tolerance, money will be raised by College and professional benefit performances. The Glee Club and the Dramatic society plan meetings in the near future at which such performances will be discussed...
...benefit of skiers dissatisfied with local facilities, the Boston and Maine is running a train to Plymouth, New Hampshire Sunday morning, leaving the North Station at 9 o'clock and arriving back in Boston at 10:45 o'clock the same evening. Although the past two seasons showed a drop in passengers carried, the Boston & Maine has no intention of cutting the number of Snow Trains...
...great was early prejudice against the stage that in Philadelphia a hospital refused money raised by a benefit performance; in Newport, R. I., Othello was billed as "A Series of Moral Dialogues" and the playhouse dubbed "A Histrionic Academy." A big factor in making an honest woman of the theatre was George Washington's great love...
...Manhattan's grim Bellevue Hospital, did the first of 13 broadcasts called Jimmy Walker's Visiting Hour. His itinerary for the series includes other hospitals, an old ladies' home, many another haven for shut-ins. His job involves ad libbing a show which is half benefit, half heartstring jerker. Last week he interviewed patients, put his guests through their cheer-spreading paces. Although he is doing this series free, New York's one-time mayor is in the market for a sponsor...