Word: fell
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last Saturday Mr. Aldrich Durant, the University Business Manager, fell victim to the faulty architecture. What Mr. Durant exclaimed as he lost his balance remains a mystery. Eye witnesses refuse to divulge any account of his remarks. Evidently the-occurrences must have made a profound impression, however. Yesterday morning in places of the old sudden drop just within the doorway, a shiny new platform sloping gently to the floor greeted the entrants. Thus the old landmarks pass. Thus the power of important men is utilized to rectify the faults in our slowly advancing civilization...
Miss Claire, now appearing in "Ode to Liberty," hurried out from Boston as soon as the final curtain fell on her own play at the Plymouth, and was able to see the entire third act of "Sarah Simple." She said that she had been interested in the play herself and considered it the most amusing of Milne's comedies. The Theater Guild's crowded schedule has so far prevented her from appearing in it, but she is still keeping it in mind as a possible future production...
...Death everywhere," reported George Birch, China Inland Mission worker. "Two-thirds of this area is without food and the remainder is approaching the same condition. I hear such things as five of a family of seven starved to death. A man climbed a hill to cut fuel and fell dead. Women with babies, exhausted and despairing, laid down to die." *The President's adopted son, James Lin, postgraduates at Columbia. Said he of his father in Manhattan last week: "He neither smokes nor drinks. His only hobby is curio collecting. Every evening from 7 to 8 he sits with...
When the last curtain fell on a performance of L'Aiglon in Pittsburgh, freckled Actress Eva Le Gallienne stepped across the footlights. Said she: "Some stars and actors, seeing this small house, wouldn't work. They'd say 'to hell with it' and loaf through their performances. I think you'll agree that each member of our company tonight has given his best. Do me a favor. Go out and get more people to come here and see our show...
...first half of the double-header program, the Freshmen downed their Eli rivals decisively, 41-30. In every event but one a new dual record was set, and three Freshman marks fell...