Word: bettered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first attack upon that fact was equally direct: "Is it not ... better to have a program of reform substantially completed than to have to look forward to important changes not begun? With the emphasis shifted from reform to recovery, this Administration is now determined to promote that recovery with all the vigor and power at its command...
...score, even without Van de Weghe. As a result, the Nassau backstroker will probably swim the 220 against Cutler. Powers, on Curwen, with Ned Parks as his running mats. This event promises to be one of the tightest of the year for all of the contestants are carable of better than...
Records: Tommy Dorsey's (Victor) "Symphony in Riffs" might sound a little better if played at a slower tempo. . . Richard Himber's imitation of Basie and other bands is done quite well (Victor) . . . About the Goodman Quintet's record of "Pick-A-Rib" (Victor): It sounds to me as if his brother Harry were the bass player on the record. And brother Harry runs a barbecue on 52nd Street in New York known as the Pick-A-Rib. That wouldn't be an advertisement, would it? The first side is uniformly bad, sounding something like one of Ray Scott...
...quarter-mile will also be some-what of a tune-up for Ostrander, the best Indian 440 man, hasn't done better than 5:24.4 this season. Cutler and Ed Hewitt will oppose him, and our Edwin is going to have to paddle his very best to take second.DAVE STEARNS Leads '42 Tankmen Against Dartmouth Yearlings...
...often that Hollywood can put as many as five interesting people together in a single movie. This is the accomplishment of "The Shining Hour," now at the University, and even better, these interesting characters rise above the limitations of a trite triangle plot and become real, credible characters. They are Joan Crawford, nightclub dancer, who marries Melvyn Douglas, a member of the rich, aristocratic family of Lindens. Robert Young, in the process of trying to prevent the marriage, falls in love with Miss Crawford himself, much to the distress of his wife, Margaret Sullavan, and his sister, Fay Bainter. Outstanding...