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...closing minutes had the crowd on its feet cheering wildly. For the third time during the game the Crimson had only three men on the rink. Chase led his team in a five man sally toward the Crimson net that had the trio of Harvard stars frantic. Ellis came to the rescue with several sensational saves, one of them causing a general pileup in front of the cage. The bell rang, however, before any damage had been done...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SEXTET DEFEATS UNIVERSITY CLUB IN FAST CONTEST | 1/14/1930 | See Source »

Ginger Snaps, a Negro revue, not only has frantic dancing and torch songs but also includes a chicken-stealing episode. The New York Times: "Less than nothing was added to the midtown New Year's Eve gayety. . . ." The New York World: ". . . Completely unbearable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Jan. 13, 1930 | 1/13/1930 | See Source »

...Department of the Interior, skirting Statesman Stimson's official position of not recognizing Moscow, appealed personally, unofficially to the Soviet Government for help for U. S. Flyer Carl Ben Eielson, lost along the coast of Siberia, spurred Alaska's acting Governor Karl Theile to send frantic appeals to two Soviet ships in Siberian waters. Russians were aware that already blunt Senator Borah had cabled for aid directly to Soviet Acting Foreign Minister Litvinov...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Honor Sullied, Puissance Mocked | 1/6/1930 | See Source »

...troopers at the main gate, where the siren was screaming, had received their ultimatum, a soiled paper across which was scrawled "For God's sake, give them what they want," followed by Warden Jennings' signature. The priest's advent was an accident, not to be considered, an irrelevant, frantic voice, begging them to think, to undo what they had done. His words fell on the deaf faces like a flurry of wind on stone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Again, Auburn | 12/23/1929 | See Source »

...Elizabeth, N. J., Sang Wah, laundryman, disappeared. For three weeks frantic customers tried vainly to obtain a total of $1,000 worth of laundry while annoyed policemen, unable to decipher the orange tickets, were unable to decide which laundry was whose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Dec. 16, 1929 | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

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