Word: carded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...undergraduate sons of 1912 are: George E. Akerson, Jr. '39; Charles A. Baldwin '39; Nathaniel G. Benchley '38, Ralph L. Bixby '37, Warren N. Bixby, Jr, '39; Lloyd Booth, Jr. '37; Edward M. Brooks '37; John W. Clark '40; L. Blair Clark '40; Bayard S. Card '40; Graham S. Cummin '38; Richard I. Dawes '40; Roger F. Duncan '38; H. Bruce Ehrmann '39; Bruce H. Fernald...
Because he had written it expressly for the American Ballet, people took most interest in Stravinsky's The Card Party. Irene Sharaff's clever set represented a gaming table in perspective. Upon this table dancers costumed like cards appeared. While they were shuffled, the orchestra played a little processional. The choreography was strict and classical. Group dances, solos, finales showed the cards being played according to Hoyle. William Dollar, a slippery, mischievous Joker, upset calculations, spoiled the most promising hands, was routed finally by a Royal Flush. When the last strains of music had died away, the audience...
...decolletage, turned out to watch the American Ballet dance three premieres in one evening. Igor Stravinsky, who wrote all three, was on hand to conduct. His Apollon Misagete had never been danced in New York. Le Baiser de la Fee had never been danced in the U. S. The Card Party had never been danced...
...Rhine's experiments are more impressive for bulk than for complexity. He uses a pack of 25 cards bearing five designs-a circle, a star, a plus sign, a rectangle, a band of three wavy lines-and there are five cards of each design in the pack. For clairvoyance, the pack is thoroughly shuffled, laid face down on a table, and the subject is required to call them off in order from top to bottom. In telepathy, he is required to guess the card visualized in the mind of an agent. Since at every step there is a choice...
...Coronation is more than a drawing card for tourists and a spur to British industry; it symbolizes the tradition of unity and solidarity that has kept a broad-minded monarchy above the harmful reach of political revolutions and personal disabilities. It is an unconservative burst of pride for the loyalty of its subjects. Like the tawny cat who introduces and MGM picture, the Coronation will sound the note of exultation for the future weal of the British Empire...