Word: covered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...much for the future peace of the world as would a healing of the quarrel between France and Germany, and it would remove one of the most formidable obstacles to the limitation of naval armaments. For it is the aggressive policy of Japan in China, operating under the cover of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance which lies behind and partly explains the existing competition in naval armaments...
Much the best thing we have seen at the St. James! "Under Cover" by Roi Cooper Megrue is a play of thrills, of Lumor and mysterious identities. To say that it was well acted is hardly sufficient. Whether the Boston Stock Company suited the play, or the reverse, at any rate, the result was an excellent performance of a melodrama that meets the exact needs of a stock company...
...Under Cover" does not seem to have suffered from years of retirement, even the problem of who's who being as perplexing as when we first saw William Courtenay in the riddle. Be-derbied custom inspectors are fascinating creatures, especially when they soften to $30,000 bribes! And who will tire of the clever crook and the daring detective--the be-all and end-all of adventure in Long Island Society--stage version? In addition to the thrills there is plenty to laugh at, by which we mean genuine laughter...
...apparently thriving under this treatment. Viola Roach was splendid as Mrs. Harrington. It would be folly to sort out the others of the cast. The reason for a smooth, lively, interesting performance is that no part is done badly. We would go so far is to say that "Under Cover" was altogether satisfactory...
Probably this editorial does not cover all the possibilities which may arise. On the whole we feel that the plan has has greater possibilities than any thus far suggested; for this reason it should receive the serious consideration of the class officers, the members of the three first classes, and the Student Council...