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...question of filling the open end of the stadium with a structure of beauty or one which may be a blot upon the landscape is invested with a public interest. The Harvard decision in favor of steel stands is distinctly disappointing, being quite out of line with the rest of Harvard's building program. Boston Traveler...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 2/8/1929 | See Source »

...obtaining from one A. B. Wheeler, boilermaker, a confession that he and six other rowdies, whom he named, had done the deed. One of the lynchers was an ambulance driver. Houston cried for justice upon what Jesse Hoiman Jones, the biggest man in town, called "a stigma and a blot on the good name of Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Houston's Shame | 7/2/1928 | See Source »

...March 12). The climactic scene-the execution of Nurse Edith Cavell-has been practically killed. Sybil Thorndike, who plays the role of Nurse Cavell, is shown facing a German firing squad. One German soldier refuses to raise his rifle when the command is given. There is a pause, a blot-out; then the grave of Nurse Cavell is flashed on the screen. In the original film, the disobedient soldier was shot dead by a German officer and the shooting of Nurse Cavell followed. Many Britishers and Americans, as well as Germans, regret that Dawn was ever filmed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Invasion | 6/11/1928 | See Source »

...sing Despina in his Così Fan Tutte ('Tis Thus They All Do). There was no denying that the story of two young men setting out to hoodwink their fiancees into infidelity was faint fodder for great music. Mozart, however, could put anything-a piece of string, a blot of ink-to music. So well did Miss Bori interpret Così Fan Tutte that critics raised a cry for more Mozart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: And Mozart | 4/23/1928 | See Source »

...Manhattan, a corpulent blackamoor was apprehended for picking pockets. In court, as soon as the culprit's name was mentioned, the judge recalled him as a citizen with a prior blot on his record, dating back to 1920. (The corpulent culprit's name was Juice Stain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moose Pap | 9/5/1927 | See Source »

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