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...they approached the bridge, Eliot, still rowing at a lower stroke, began to creep up on Kirkland, and they cut the latter's lead to a deck length when they shot under Massachusetts Avenue. At the mile the Elephants had gotten up to 37 and were leading by inches and as they came down to the finish they were weaving around all over the river...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell, Kirkland, Eliot, Adams Crews Qualify | 5/19/1937 | See Source »

Especially pleased with his deal was Premier Pattullo, who now has a much bigger provincial stick to wave at Ottawa. British Columbia was coaxed to join Canada's other provinces when they federated in 1871 on the promise that the Canadian Pacific Railway would begin to creep across it in two years, be completed in ten. Actually neither the Government nor the Canadian Pacific was in any hurry and the last spike was not driven until 1885, a fact which produced in British Columbia an attitude of injured self pity which its new size should tend to relieve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Yukon Absorbed | 5/10/1937 | See Source »

...local half-shell philosopher disagreeing with editorial policy, as is his prerogative, and damning it as a fraud and a delusion, the spectator has no where to turn. For certainly "Rembrandt" is not a great picture. Laughton, overimpressed with his own impressiveness, talks in a whisper that makes flesh creep, while the whole theme of the artist's life seems too simple for him and yet too deep, and it evades the hand of the actor as a consequence. Nevertheless, with fine support from Gertrude Lawrence and Elsa Lanchester, the picture does give an idea of the tragedy of Remrandt...

Author: By I. S. A., | Title: The Moviegoer | 1/25/1937 | See Source »

...Creep out of bed and Madame La Grippe holds fortified positions in my head and vitals, whirls in a derisive dervish-dance in my ears. Slowly to breakfast and slowly to class, shivering. Fever mounts to my face after I am seated and for minutes I struggle with an oppressive longing to leave and go back to my garret...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 12/2/1936 | See Source »

...politics do not mix. He said he would not object if the President came to see him. Almost speechless in the presence of reporters, luncheon clubs and radio interviewers, he often sits up till 3 a. m. working out plays. When Bierman is creating, his wife and two sons creep quietly about the house. At practice, Bierman stands almost still, speaks in a low voice, nervously twirls a whistle attached to a black cord. He rarely blows the whistle but the cord wears out every ten days. His appearance is extraordinary. He has green eyes, a cleft chin and snow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Minnesota Miracle | 10/19/1936 | See Source »

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