Word: formerly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...woman whose principles and weak husband spoil life for her. She is a stenographer. Her husband is the son of a millionaire. When her father-in-law has broken up her marriage she is kept by another man. Later she engages in a contest of self-sacrifice with her former husband's new wife. The plot is full of "audience value," i. e., emotional sequences rising out of each other so rapidly as to eliminate the narration necessary in ordinary stories. Through its unrealities, Gloria Swanson is handsome, restrained, adroit, in good voice. Best shot:?Swanson saying goodbye...
...Parliament's bull-of-the-week was made by famed Philip Snowden, crippled, drawn-faced Chancellor of the Exchequer. He referred to former Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin (now a mere Conservative M.P.) as "the Prime Minister," then clapped an anguished hand to his forehead as the House burst into goodnatured roars...
...following article on the Wolverine--Gopher rivalry and the high points in Michigan football history was written for the Crimson by R. G. Dunne, line coach of the Harvard football team and a former Conference star...
...owners emerged victorious; but Minnesota was irate. Finally, after discussion, it was decided that the little brown jug should go to the winner of the annual game, to stay in that college's possession for the next 12 months. Ever since them, although the Gophers do not hold their former position of natural rivals, there is always much ado about the jug, and the festivities of the Gopher-Wolverine game hold a high place in the minds of the student bodies...
George David Birkhoff '05, professor of Mathematics, will represent Harvard at the inauguration of R. M. Hutchins, former dean of the Yale Law School, as president of the University of Chicago on Tuesday, November 19. The event is expected to mark one of the greatest gatherings of learned men in the history of the United States. One hundred college presidents have accepted personal invitations, and including the blanket invitation issued to the student body, the total number invited will reach the 23,000 mark...