Word: familiar
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...suspects, that on the screen as well as on the stage, that polished and adroit acting makes Mr. Sherwood's play seem somewhat better than it really is. Actually, it is merely the familiar French bedroom farce with a dash of high comedy flavoring--but how far removed from true high comedy like "The Second Man"--and lines that are clever and nothing more. And it is this lack of any genuine dramatic writing that procures for plays like "Reunion in Vienna" the extravagant critical kudos that is received. All in all, however, it provides a most diverting evening--with...
STOUGHTON 4--Elbridge Gerry, the first of a long line of Gerrys to attend Harvard, lived here while he was in College. From him, Gerry's Landing on the Charles, and the term Gerrymander, familiar to students of American History...
...spend some $5,000,000 on them, receive from hotel concessions and entry fees some $1,000,000. His efficient and resourceful staff of 3,000 will counsel, direct and rescue from petty difficulties 1,700,000 visitors before the summer is over. All of this will be a familiar routine to Mr. Cammerer...
...Louis Cardinals, wild in the second inning when the American League scored its first run. had already given Detroit's Gehringer a base on balls. Now, pitching to Ruth, he made the mistake of trying to whip a strike across the plate. There was that sharp familiar crack and the ball sailed up over first base into the pavilion beyond right field...
...Andrews was something of a jolt. Not one U. S. player but two were in first place. Moreover, they were golfers whom England had heard very little about and seen only in losing matches on the U. S. Ryder Cup team. In the U. S. their names were more familiar. One was blond Craig Wood, professional at the Hollywood Golf Club of Deal, N. J., a phlegmatic, long-driving golfer who took up the game after he had been a crack speedskater at Lake Placid, N. Y. Last year Wood earned more prize money than any other...