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Word: counte (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Written for a production at Catholic University, "Count Me In" should have stayed there. On Broadway it falls flat and can hardly bear comparison with a Freedley, Wiman or Abbott musical. At any moment you expect someone to come out with a crack about the Dean of Women's red woolies, but you have to be satisfied with the humor of a Back Bay sitting room. Compensating for the poor dialogue is some top-notch dancing (Hal Leroy's tapping is the best thing in the show), an original story and a couple of good performances...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAYGOER | 9/16/1942 | See Source »

...than once shows the influence of Mother Goose. This is all probably just as well, for no one in the cast could do justice to a major scale. The lyrics become wittiest in a number called "Who Is General Staff?" The rest are considerably worse. In short, you can count...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAYGOER | 9/16/1942 | See Source »

...industrials dropped 35%. Moreover, the liquor industry may get "vacations" from war work to rebuild depleted stocks. Otherwise it might be out of business after the war while it waited for new whiskey to age. Thus, if this war does not stir up another wave of prohibition, distillers can count themselves lucky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Lucky Distillers | 9/14/1942 | See Source »

Summer Won't Count for Trophy...

Author: By Melvin J. Kessel, | Title: Kirkland Declared Winner Of Summer Sports Program | 9/14/1942 | See Source »

...summer program, however, will not count towards the trophy, although Samborski feels that it may in future years, since the summer sessions promise to become an integral part of the college...

Author: By Melvin J. Kessel, | Title: Kirkland Declared Winner Of Summer Sports Program | 9/14/1942 | See Source »

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