Word: electras
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...somewhat dulled last week by the sudden necessity of abandoning one of its oldest lines-a Mexican subsidiary named Aerovias Centrales. Started in 1929, it served Los Angeles, El Paso and Mexico City where it connected with P. A. A.'s South American system. Using five Lockheed Electra monoplanes, it claimed the fastest airline schedule in the world (175 m.p.h. average), never killed a passenger. In face of a 1932 law that no foreigners could fly Mexican transport planes, Aerovias Centrales persisted in employing only U. S. pilots. Not until last June was that law enforced. Then radical Brigadier...
...Good news awaited the President when he returned to Washington. A new yacht, the Coast Guard patrol boat Electra, will supersede the wooden Sequoia to carry him on his weekends afloat. Advantages of the Electra: steel hull, 165 feet overall; 15 knots; enough space not only for the President and guests but also for his Secret Servants. Budgeteers expected some saving in the $87,166 which it cost the Government to operate the Sequoia in fiscal...
There's nothing new, even in theatre critics. Mr. Benchley's commentary on "Mourning Becomes Electra" was a dirge over his own tired extremities. Was it not Sthenodes who rushed from the Theatre of Dionysus, crying "hoigar tephaloi" ("my buttocks hurt...
Today he will held tryouts for the female parts at Radcliffe, with readings from O'Neill's "Mourning Becomes Electra," and Rostand's "Cyrane de Bergerac...
Hence the prohibition on Radcliffe participating in "A Bride for the Unicorn" is very nearly parallel to a prohibition on college girls acting in one of the great tragedies; yet Vassar gives Greek plays regularly. A still closer parallel can be found in "Mourning Becomes Electra," with the extremely important distinction that while this is handled realistically, Johnston's play is symbolic. Thus it would be more absurd for Harvard Dramatic Club advisers to ban the latter than O'Neill's play...