Word: commented
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Some suspicion on Dean Buck's comment that this class "contains more potential ability" than any other, was shed by the fact that it took fully one-half hour for the fleetest of the Freshmen, Herbert M. Cohen, of Lawrence, to thread his way through the rigmarole of enrollment and earn his free copy of the CRIMSON. Apologies for the generally leisurely progress of the Yardlings were made by the registrars, who nevertheless admitted that the procedure was somewhat more complicated than usual...
Said the Manchester Guardian: "There was no desire . . . to comment on the many stirring things that have happened in the last four weeks, or to make critical suggestions...
...tunes of the '70s, '80s and '90s were nobler and more beautiful, the quoted lyrics, vivid and picturesque as they are, give few hints of it. Lost Chords leaves the reader wondering whether Author Gilbert, in his comment on Dixie, has not hit on an important near-truth-the clue to the popularity of most pop songs: "The words don't mean anything, but there is a skin-prickling element in the melody...
Parson Tyner knows his sports, brings them easily and accurately into his discussions. His column, What's YOUR Score? usually has some sports newspeg, followed up by comment and anecdote, slyly works in religion on the side. Mr. Tyner keeps his pieces lively and under 200 words. Typical column...
Cracks and gags are Authoress Powell's specialty. This novel crackles with them. As social comment it is a feast of peanut brittle...