Word: closeness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Documents VII and VIII give the Czechoslovak Government's official complaint at Adolf Hitler's "unbelievably coarse and vulgar [propaganda] campaign"; go on to affirm that "Hitler's demands in their present form are absolutely and unconditionally unacceptable"; then close with a declaration that "the Czechoslovak Government will be ready to take part in an international conference where Germany and Czechoslovakia, among other nations, would be represented, to find a different method of settling the Sudeten German question...
...poisonous title, "Hold That Coed," current offering of the Keith Memorial Theatre, surprises as a near-uproarious satire. There are frequent dull moments, particularly when Hollywood gives its standard expose of how college students live, but the most of the situations are either so ridiculous or so close to the truth that they compel laughter. Enough in itself is the wild-eyed performance of John Barrymore as Gabby Harrigan, the governor with the Communist thatch, who makes political promises solely in order to brighten the voters' lives with anticipation. Framework for the picture's satiric thrusts is the story...
...week-ending scouts declared that the Big Red, averaging 212 pounds per man from tackle to tackle, was even better now than they were at the close of last season. The scouts spoke of the "catlike" ability of all American Brud Holland in tones of awe and they fairly sang the praises of the "ghost-runner" George Peck, who piled up most of the running back punt yardage, 162 to be exact...
...both Sophomores, played respectively at end and blocking back on last year's J. V. club, while Gardella was the star wingback on last year's Freshman aggregation. Now a bucking back, Gardella has shown up well enough in his first scrimmages since being hurt to warrant his consideration close under Mike Cohen...
...chairmen Lawrence Lader '41 and E. Laugdon Burwell '41 announced that two of the applicants were in Group 1, three in Group 2, eleven in Group 3 and all the rest very close, to Dean's List...