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...Vagabond ready to burst forth. Late last night he disturbed the occupants of a certain dormitory with his efforts to master the war whoop of a Dartmouth Indian on the march, so that he might be polite when he greets his New Hampshire friends. And his spirit is so buoyant that he expects to get his quota of enjoyment out of his Section 17 perch in the Stadium. To all luckier and less lucky brethren he wishes a strong weekend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 10/22/1927 | See Source »

...their stuff once again, this time for the reluctant heart of a circus queen. Amongst other adventures possible in the woolly West, they break jail, lasso the girl off the back of a runaway elephant, write "I love you" into a wooden fence with bullets. The sheepish grin, buoyant acrobatics, baffled villain are on hand as usual. All in all, a good Tom Mixture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Pictures: Jul. 18, 1927 | 7/18/1927 | See Source »

...with its audience. A French bridegroom must match a rare straw hat on his wedding day. Encumbered by a rural wedding party, driven by a fierce Lieutenant, he squirms from one ticklish situation to another, while the audience's amusement is heightened by music with strong rhythm, a buoyant chorus of youthful actors, ingenious flipping about of scenery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Nov. 1, 1926 | 11/1/1926 | See Source »

...Havana, one Angel Arango pleaded and pleaded with air pilots to take him aloft. He wanted to step off the wing of a plane and drop into the Gulf of Mexico from an altitude sufficient to test a combination parachute and buoyant belt he had invented. Pilots old and pilots young refused to budge. To them the device did not look practical. Last week, however, Senor Arango found his man, clambered joyfully into a cockpit, waved goodbye to watching thousands, crept out on the plane's wing tip at 3,000 feet, stepped backwards into empty air. The parachute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Sep. 20, 1926 | 9/20/1926 | See Source »

...High Adventure - Jeffery Farnol ($2). Another buoyant epic of the broad highway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: ALERT READERS | 5/17/1926 | See Source »

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