Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...agitation luckless French Foreign Minister Yvon Delbos, an amateur at diplomacy who only learned of King Leopold's declaration when he read it in the newspapers, went into a huddle with Premier Blum, Defense Minister Daladier and General Gamelin, the French chief-of-staff. In an effort to gain time, M. Delbos presently dispatched to Brussels five questions as to the Belgian Cabinet's intentions, and obtained lukewarm assurances from Belgian Foreign Minister Spaak that existing Franco-Belgian staff consultations will not be disturbed. It appeared, however, that the French General Staff must thoroughly overhaul its plans...
...indeed over, it will be a bitter blow to those who recall with pleasure his slick gyrations in Sunny, Three's A Crowd, Flying Colors, As Thousands Cheer. In the case of And Stars Remain, however, the revue's loss is definitely the drama's gain, for Webb has the best Oxford accent that ever came out of Indianapolis, the most ingratiating stage personality to be rescued from musicals since Magician Fred Keating was coaxed away from his collapsible bird cages...
...matters now stand, tutors are overburdened with students, many of their tutees lack the interest and ability to gain by their efforts and expenditure of time. Yet the enlargement of the staff is financially impossible. The obvious solution is a discreet reduction of students working under the tutorial system based on careful observation of their ability during the crucial sophomore year...
Whereas the latter gains pace by compressing a whole career into ten scenes, Mr. Sherriff's play loses it by stretching a single phase over eleven scenes. St. Helena is one of those plays which seems to gain stature in remembrance, with the sidelights dimmed and the details fused into a moving portrait of a crumbling conqueror, resigned but unrepentant, who clings to his destiny and keeps his iron soul to himself...
...last year, and his co-captain, Tackle Ed Widseth, are others. Minnesota's likeliest halfbacks this year are a pair who, because they played together with phenomenal success at a Minneapolis high school, are now called the "touchdown twins." One is 158-Ib. Rudy Gmitro, who averaged a gain of 15 yd. per play in eight plays last year. The other is Uram, who has been preparing to play on the Minnesota varsity since he was 10. For Uram, last-minute touchdowns, far from miraculous, appear to be habitual. Three weeks ago, in Minnesota's opening game against...