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...heels. There were immaculate dress shirts, and a soiled white dress. There was the fanfare of an orchestra and the husky croon of a singer. There were tinkling glasses and the dull thud of a bass drum. There was the ecstacy of a first dance, there was the boredom of a thousand. There was the lonely terrace and the crowded ballroom. There were long, embrassing conversations; there were short, embrassing silences. There were scrambled eggs and Grade A milk. There were those who cut in and those who, most unfortunately, did not. There were top hats and Chesterfields. There were...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 10/3/1931 | See Source »

...always wins, courts boredom. Threatened last week with such boredom was Eugene Francis Savage, spry and dapper Leffingwell Professor of Painting at Yale University. Again he beamed upon the annual list of Prix de Rome awards. Again a pupil of his headed the roll of honor. And, as usual the winning painting, a mother and child, faithfully imitated the painting style of Leffingwell Professor Eugene Francis Savage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Little Savages | 5/18/1931 | See Source »

...only bring in extra revenue, but also: 1) advertising cards, properly framed above the windows, will brighten the cabins; 2) the sight of such cards, with commonplace slogans, will help impress the passenger with the commonplaceness of air travel, relieve him of his first nervousness and his subsequent boredom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Air Ads | 3/16/1931 | See Source »

...introduction is to be a directory of ways and means for using the leisure time of those unacquainted with Boston and its surroundings. Any student who has spent aimless Saturday afternoons and Sundays in Cambridge should find at least, one suggestion in this book to relieve his boredom...

Author: By S. H. W., | Title: BOOKENDS | 1/14/1931 | See Source »

...student who is concentrating in History or Government, and has chosen for his correlation field American Constitutional History, Government 13b is of definite use but to the one who wishes to find a fourth course with which to fill in it will provide only boredom, Its whole organization sacrifices interest to utility...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Confidential Guide to Courses | 12/15/1930 | See Source »

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