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...assists him. Nobody is more amused by Latitude Zero than Ted Sherdeman. During rehearsals, which are gagged up to the limit by the cast, he sits amiably giggling at his delirious brain child. He is fond of such tricks as introducing a kind of Latin double-talk for his eerier characters. Sample: Fora consumatio est ramus malin rite confedo saluero. The show was put on a coast-to-coast hookup after 17 weeks on a local circuit, and has a large and loyal following in the Pacific area...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Latitude Zero | 6/23/1941 | See Source »

...subjects Hemingway chooses are seldom light or sweet; it is not surprising that only four of these stories were published in magazines. An adept at creating sinister atmospheres, Author Hemingway has never whistled up an eerier spirit than in "After the Storm," a story of a Florida beach comber who discovers the submerged wreck of a liner. Some of the other tales: A terrified adolescent tries to castrate himself with a razor. Two lovers part when the girl turns Lesbian. The manager of a Mexican matador who is a miser and a pervert finally gets fed up with his stinginess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Stiff Upper Lip | 11/6/1933 | See Source »

This evening at 7.15 o'clock in the Eerier of Phillips Brooks House Professor Nireopp Lake will conduct the Discussion Group of the Graduate School Society. The subject will be "Fundamental Problems of Religion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Lake to Lead Discussion | 11/2/1921 | See Source »

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