Word: fair
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...heart of Harvard tradition, as that great gambling device, "the draw", is undertaken with not a little trepidation. More so since not among the first by quite a number of classes, ranks the lowly Senior of Harvard College. He will see the Dartmouth football game unless he foregoes fair company for the visual advantages of the cheering section, from a point of vantage notable mainly for its distance from the participants. And the mere fact that "the draw" will be reversed for the Pennsylvania game, and that he can gamble again for seats at the Yale game, with no more...
...whiting were required for the upkeep of the courts. During July, August, September and October last year there were 26 days each month when playing was possible. In November, there were 21 playing days. April permitted use of the courts on 20 days, and May and June were fair 27 and 26 days respectively...
...producers of "Camille," now playing at the Metropolitan with Norman Talmadge in the main role, have indeed taken the bit into their tooth and the result so far is a run away. A second tragedy has been produced in Hollywood this year and it bids fair to be a success. So far no one but Emil Jannings had been intrusted with a movie tragedy in this country, and for a time it seemed that he would stand unchallenged in his field. In spite of many imperfections in the senario, the directing and the filming, one can do much worse than...
...gags galore have been dragged in, and when one sees the same bells that one has seen at least ten times before swinging in the snow on Christmas morning one impulsively reaches for one's hat. Many fair scenes in which ten minutes are spent in building up an atmosphere are spoiled by small careless gestures. The captions plan their usual predominant role...
Jean Rodemich seems to have become a perenial fixture at the Metropolitan and this year he has improved only slightly. There is much less of his usual solo playing and he has found a fair supporting act in the Albertina Rach dancers...