Word: box
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...praised the work of guards Nick Rodis and Emil Drvaric, and especially the defensive efforts of center Jack Fisher, who intercepted one pass, backed up the Varsity line in rugged fashion, and was named by the Varsity as the man who blocked the first Princeton extra-point attempt. Press box denizens gave credit to Rodis, Drvaric and Chet Pierce, either separately or en masse, in their Sunday morning dissertations, but the opinion of the Harvard locker room was that Fisher was the man of the hour...
Princeton's press box put Soldiers Field to shame. At Palmer Stadium the reporters were offered everything from coke to sandwiches to gridiron diagrams--all gratis. It may be just a subtle form or poisoning the press, but the H.A.A, might take note. Tiger Tale Told Harvard Princeton First downs 11 10 Gains by rushing 260 31 Passes attempted 9 19 Passes Completed 3 8 Gains by passes 34 196 Interceptions 2 1 Number punts 8 10 Distance punts 39 41.5 Runback of punts 34 16 Fumbles 5 5 Fumbles recovered 4 4 Penalties 8 7 Yards penalized...
...Barrie's "What Every Woman Knows." When the company reached Boston, the New England equivalent of Shubert's Alley was buzzing with hoarse whispers about "something new in the theatre." Unfortunately, it's the same old stuff rendered into a diamond-studded offering that will probably keep the box-office busy and local theatre-goers content...
...artistic odds might be all with Ballet Theater, but canny Sol Hurok was not worrying. The name Hurok in combination with Metropolitan Opera House is still box office. Hurok's old-fashioned Ballet Russe was drawing crowds twice as big as its rival...
...machine which can do 100 six-digit multiplications in a minute through a box in which there are no movable parts (the answer to the answers: 396 electronic tubes...