Word: da
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Harvard, and ya gotta friend dat wants ta go ta Harvard. Only trouble is he's at Yale awready. Tell ya wet ya gotto do, or better yet, tell ya wot die guy C1878 done. He puts and ad in da CRIMSON, da number of da ad is C1878, an' he's askin' if anybody at Harvard wants ta go ta Yale...
...Jayvees organized their campaign, Boston papers continued their orgy of speculation with guesses ranging from John "Ox" Da Grossa to Bruiser Kinard, New York Yankee guard and assistant coach, but no one claimed inside information. Arthur Sampson, H.A.A. publicity director, ventured that he did not expect a final choice for at least a few weeks...
Almost nothing is known of Luini beyond the fact that he painted a great deal, and died in 1532. He may once have studied with Leonardo da Vinci, for though his drawing is less acute than Leonardo's, it has the same sinuous elegance-like a strand of hair afloat on the wind. But unlike Leonardo, he never painted a monster or a mask of rage or caught a tempest in his brush. Luini was limited and narrow, but like a narrow window standing open...
...Verdi got $20,000 from the Khedive of Egypt for Aïda, which was written for the opening of the Suez Canal. A Stalin Prize, first class, also pays about...
...stage was a program fit for a king: Destinn singing arias from Aïda, and Melba arias from Romeo and Juliet; Tetrazzini and John McCormack in a duet from The Barber of Seville. Then came the evening's climax: the much-bruited new Russian ballet, whose 21-year-old star, Vaslav Nijinsky, had all Europe abuzz with the grace of his dancing and the power of his leaps. That night, London's applause was added to the Continent...