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There was quite a coterie of Harvard men lending their services to the Met that evening. Paul Jaretzki had some special drag somewhere and had been assigned the task of doing out supernumerary jobs to undergraduates here. Anyone who would buy him a beer or promise him a scotch could get a little card admitting him to the stage door of the Metropolitan Theatre on the evening of the performance...

Author: By John C. Robbins, | Title: Harvard Spearmen Win Met Fame As Supers in Aida Boiler Room Exodus | 4/9/1942 | See Source »

...sergeant, got in the mix-up at Cambrai. He says for an hour they had rail connections to Berlin, having connected their track to the German track in their advance. Assigned as Master Engineer, instructor in our line of work and now is first lieutenant. They had to drag him into an officer's uniform. The boys are wild about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 30, 1942 | 3/30/1942 | See Source »

...Spelling classes will learn to spell (and define) drag, lift, stratosphere, bomber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EDUCATION: Air Conditioning | 3/30/1942 | See Source »

...sleep off a hangover. "I suppose in the long run it'll do me good, but it's still a terrible fate to have to contemplate," he cogitated as he pulled out his pipe, lit up, and disregarding the scandalized stares of the surrounding inmates, took in a long drag of the sweet-tasting smoke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 3/4/1942 | See Source »

...Bahama Passage" is a rough trip at best. We understand Stirling Hayden recently resigned from the movies. This picture explains why. It isn't just that he can't act; Hollywood is filled with handsome fellows who drag down nice salaries despite that minor disability. Hayden, in addition, has a voice like a fog-horn and--what's worse--is so pretty he detracts from the allure of Madeleine Carroll, who is growing kind of fat herself. The story involves a colony of Negroes living on a subtropical island who, we couldn't figure out exactly why, can't subsist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 2/16/1942 | See Source »

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