Word: fronte
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hours of Joy. Composer Bloch, small, bald and grey-fringed, stood on the stage in front of Werner Janssen's* Portland Symphony Orchestra and began with a speech. Gesturing and stomping, he explained that America was written for all the people, "not just for the intelligentsia and the snobs." It was the story of America: the soil, the Indians, the Mayflower, the Pilgrims, hours of joy, hours of sorrow, the present and the future...
Paramount President Barney Balaban put on a brave front. Said he: "The consent judgment . . . opens the way to one of the most constructive moves in the history of the corporation." But the constructive move broke up one of the biggest and most profitable U.S. movie companies at a time when the outlook for all moviemakers was none too good. On the other hand, moviegoers would benefit. "Clearances," which now prevent small theaters from showing pictures too soon after their first run, are banned. In many small towns this would give a wider selection of pictures. Among the separation terms...
...third time in the meet that McIntyre had worked himself out in front of Fox. In both the 50-and 100-yard freestyle, and again in the relay, McIntyre forced Fox to settle for second place. Time for the 50-yard freestyle was 23.5 and for the 100-yard freestyle...
...goalie Burns under constant pressure, but could not smuggle a score past him until 1:30 of the second period. At this juncture, Tom Moseley and Myles Huntington swept down the ice on a two man rush, Moseley sucked both defensemen out of position and passed to Huntington in front of the cage...
...Harvard men will compete for dates with three Radcliffe girls in front of a studio audience as part of a WHRV sponsored "Casanova Calling" contest in Fogg Museum at 9 p.m. tonight. The audience will also hear the "Crimson Stompers" play Dixieland jazz...