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...methods, however, were unique. He psychoanalyzed Chicago politics by the "word association" test. Specimen Chicagoans, from steer-stabbers to brokers, were told to blurt out their immediate reactions to the examiner's key words. "Alderman" suggested the professor. "Grafter," quickly replied one citizen. Another said "crook." Another said "big cheese," another, "bay window." "City hall," posed the professor. "Politics . . . graft . . . corruption," came the spontaneous reactions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTE: Chicagology | 10/7/1929 | See Source »

Shubert Apollo -- Black Crook--8.15 o'clock -- Hoboken's Hissing Classic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOARDS AND BILLBOARDS | 10/1/1929 | See Source »

Mlle. Maya Keila, prima ballerina in Christopher Morley's revival "The Black Crook," is not much interested in Harvard students or in college men in general. Or such was the statement she made in an interview which took place during the matinee last Saturday behind the scenes in the Shubert Apollo Theatre...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BLACK CROOK DANCER LOVES BOSTON LITTLE | 9/30/1929 | See Source »

Shubert Apollo--Black Crook--8.15 o'clock--Hoboken's Hissing Classic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOSTON AMUSEMENTS | 9/27/1929 | See Source »

Shubert Apollo--Black Crook. 8.15 o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOSTON AMUSEMENTS | 9/26/1929 | See Source »

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