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...Harvard forwards and goal-guard Massey provided the entertainment throughout the evening. The M. I. T. team had little opportunity to wear itself out as the puck spent most of its time deep in the Engineers' territory. Massey won rounds of applause and laughter for his debonair but effective stops. In the first period he made 23, in the second 19, and in the third 8 for a total of 50. This is within ten of the Arena record...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON SIX MAKES SHORT WORK OF M.I.T. | 1/10/1924 | See Source »

...where he finds a pretty girl, her guardian, a cynical, mysterious amateur of the arts, and, on the mantlepiece, a copper box marked with a strange crest. Adventures come thick and fast, but there are no murders. The coil is unwound at last to a happy ending. A slight, debonair mystery story, lightly and engagingly executed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Good Books: Jun. 25, 1923 | 6/25/1923 | See Source »

...Cooper Cliffe, who played the fantastic role of Capocomico, brought out the debonair and mischievous qualities of that part most admirably. Miss Rita Jolivet was a most winsome and attractive Turandot and Jerome Patrick made a handsome Calaf...

Author: By E. C. Ranck, | Title: MacKaye's "Turandet" Reviewed | 12/2/1913 | See Source »

...production showed a marked improvement over its first performance on graduates' night, both in a better knowledge of the parts and in promptness of delivery and action, and was enthusiastically received. C. Kempner '06, as Truewit, the gay and debonair young knight, who was ever ready to scheme for the welfare of his friends and who dearly loved a joke, carried off his part with remarkable grace and vivacity. The part of Sir Amorous La-Foole, an affected and obsequious today, who had a great opinion of the La-Foole family and of everything which belonged to them, was admirably...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "The Silent Woman" Well Received | 3/31/1905 | See Source »

With expression debonair...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ANACREONTIC. | 5/31/1878 | See Source »

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