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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Break Record...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Business School's Enrollment Jumps To Equal Highest Mark Yet Recorded | 10/27/1938 | See Source »

...only upon looking at German watercolors that the question of the value of these artists arises. The German contemporary painter seems to delight in broad washes of bright color. It seems that only here does their technique begin to break down. Take Karl Zerbe's "Still Life" for instance. In this picture there are wide paths of color applied with a large brush, and all the interest of the artist is primarily in contrasting and mixing shades. The lemons on the table are lacking in form, and the glass is nothing but an outline of white. The whole has little...

Author: By H. M. C. jr., | Title: Collections & Critiques | 10/27/1938 | See Source »

What interested drama-loving fans was the possibility that Coach Crisler, who had tried and failed to break the long run of Michigan victories while he was head coach at Minnesota in 1930-31, might now, in his reversed position, break the four-year winning streak of the college he once coached...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Little Brown Jugglers | 10/24/1938 | See Source »

...just doesn't. In the first place, there is no question that the Crimson team has pointed for this clash ever since the opening bell on September 9. Their offense has improved steadily from Brown through Cornell and Army, and their defense has fallen down only on the "break" variety of touchdowns...

Author: By Cleveland AMORY ., | Title: CRIMSON READY TO UPSET GREEN | 10/22/1938 | See Source »

That even a strike cannot break up the day-to-day movement of life was illustrated Tuesday when, in a manner grandly reminiscent of clipper ships days, the Queen Mary slipped into port helped only by a rowboat, several stevedores, and St. Christopher. Owing to the New York tugboat strike, the Cunard liner did not have its customary twelve pushers as it arrived off the Fiftieth Street pier in early morning sunlight. On its bridge stood Commodore Robert B. Irving who observed the state of the weather and declared it deal, then took out his gold medal of the patron...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GALLANT SCAB | 10/20/1938 | See Source »

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