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...dignify the Freshman roster this year, but the son of a "retired rear admiral" and one of a "federal coordinator of transportation" lend gravity to a scene lightened somewhat by the son of a cartoonist. The son of a psychiatrist and the son of a chiropodist run the anatomic gamut from head to foot. The year's mystery man is the son of "a paving-cutter," an occupation with a slightly sinister sound to these of us, who always thought that pavements got that way from traffic...
...Pola class could outduel King George's London class cruisers of similar tonnage and gun calibre because the Italian ships with a speed of 35 knots are from two to three knots faster than their British peers and much better equipped with anti-aircraft guns. After running the long gamut from submarines to capital ships and pulling a long face the whole way, Dr. Parkes comfortably quoted a remark made to him by a distinguished British admiral: "The Italians build better ships than they can fight...
...weave any textiles known today, will form an important part of the show. Peruvian pottery too, some of the finest pieces known from Nasca, Tiahuanaco, and Chimu, will be shown. The work of the potters of Chimu is perhaps the finest work in the New World, and runs the gamut of design from pure geometry to intensely realistic portrait pieces...
...ladies, entitled "Send for the Militia," and Evelyn Dall's striking presentation of "Selling Sex." Avis Andrews' singing of "You Ain't So Hot," is very effective. Jimmy Save, the comic headliner, is well known for his pantomimic nonsense, which he presented with highly successful effect, running the gamut from starving wayfarer to bloated capitalist...
Seeing harrowing clouds of smoke wafted from the Berkshires, the evervigilant Boston American and Record flew to the resume of that Americanism in such appalling danger of being snuffed out forever on the lawns of Williamstown. The ludicrous antics of these self-appointed missionaries, who ran the gamut of fanaticism from an appeal to the local American Legion Post to whispered impeachments of President Tyler Dennett, brought an inevitable clash with a usually unconcerned student body...