Word: factful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Victory hungry Elis were forced into extreme action this week after visiting team upon visiting team had taken the toll of the dog-house dwelling Yale bulldogs. In fact the Yale News tells of five seniors who have vowed to brave the elements in the cupola on Davenport College until the Blue eleven has a taste of victory...
...previously mentioned Miss O'Connell, we must admit, can't be judged objectively here. But in any band's land, she is good-looking, has lots of genuine personality and charm, and sings very well. We think that she is much better than that--in fact, we'd rank her right under Mildred Bailey, but we would be accused of prejudice. Point remains that here is the band that anyone of any taste can listen to and like, and that is something that Jimmy can not only be proud of, but from which he is going to make...
Burke comes from the same North Carolina school that Hal Kemp did. In fact, he did arrangements for Kemp for a while, but found that the Goodman-Basic style was more to his liking, and so he started a band on this idea. Results are not bad, the band's first record (Vocalion) "Tea for Two" being well arranged, with some decent solos...
...course, there is the point that oarsmen would naturally be stronger physically than the average men their age, besides getting good food, fresh air, and exercise. However, there was one gratifying fact learned from the investigation; while the life span of the oarsmen has heretofore always been much longer, the life span of the standard group (not oarsmen) during the last few years has been gradually growing longer, so that it now nearly approaches that of the oarsmen. This shows that the life span in general has been increasing...
Unfortunately there was a strong ad- verse tide that day which lengthened the race by two minutes. When the oarsman had rowed for the usual length of time, his old reflex went into effect and he stopped--despite the fact that there were still two minutes...