Word: exceptional
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...instance, an engaging, bald-headed young man, is assisted in his swift antics by a trio of abject, greasy nondescripts whose entrance prompts Mr. Healy to remark: "The pool rooms are empty." This group becomes embroiled with a wrestling bear which seems more human than any of them except Mr. Healy. Later the wrestlers try a fearsome barber-shop ballad to the accompaniment of Mr. Healy's orchestra. These scenes are blunt, vulgar, hilarious. A plump-cheeked brunette, Betsy Rees, might well be given more time...
...June 3, King George's 64th birthday, there will be trooping of colors, hoisting of flags, prayers of thanksgiving for his health throughout the Empire. Last week Queen Mary was 62. Few people, except the royal family, did much about...
...Belgian women have no votes, except in local elections, or if they are "war widows or sufferers...
Elimination of the readmitted Freshmen except in exceptional cases, who is the goal of the latest ruling, will have no such result. On the contrary, it should encourage the schools not only to cram their students with the knowledge necessary to pass the entrance requirements but also to teach them to study so that they can stay in college once they have gained admission...
...election of two Professors, and two Associate Professors, and the appointment of six Assistant Professors and one Clinical Professor was announced at University Hall yesterday. All except one of the elections or appointments were promotions within the Harvard Faculty...