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...short, "There's No Place Like Rome" lived up to its title and had us almost expelled by the management, high points being young hopeful Flavius calling for a vanilla popsicle, Roman gladiators rowing back from conquering Gaul in approved crew fashion, and man-eating lions charmed to rest by a jazz band wearing armor...

Author: By H. W., | Title: The Crimson Moviegoer | 2/20/1937 | See Source »

...fished to such good purpose in Rome's troubled waters that eventually he caught the great Pompey and the millionaire Crassus in his net, became with them one of the three rulers of the Roman world. Then he went off to make his military reputation in Gaul and Britain. Returning at the head of a victorious army, he gave the signal for civil war when he crossed the Rubicon and marched on Rome. Crassus was already dead; Pompey died miserably after Caesar's legions tore his army to pieces at Pharsalia. Caesar, "voted" dictator, was king...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: First Caesar | 3/9/1936 | See Source »

Coming out for the last quarter 13 points behind, Notre Dame scored on Andy Pilney's runback of a kick, a pass to Gaul, a line plunge by Miller. After the kickoff, Notre Dame worked its way to the Ohio State one-yard line and fumbled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Football: Mid-season | 11/11/1935 | See Source »

...favorite virginal player, listened to thin tinkling music from a small piano-like keyboard. The "Three Musicians'' in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1594) regaled Elizabethans with harsh, screechy fiddling on rebecs. Milton and Pepys praised the pennywhistle notes of the fipple. Persians were plucking lutes before Attila ravaged Gaul. Crusaders brought dulcimers back to Europe with them from the East...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Fipple, Rebec, Crwth | 7/23/1934 | See Source »

...summary: HARVARD B.U. Hasler, Kirkland, l.w. r.w., R. Smith, J. Smith, Scannell Beale, Duffey, c., c., Lax, Rosenfeld, Gaul Hallowell, Holmes, r.w. l.w., Rowe, Wesson Watts, Lane, Dow, l.d. r.d., Ulman Gleason, Choate, Dow, r.d. l.d., Lucey deGive, Mittel, g. g., Nickerson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SEXTET DEFEATS B.U. IN CLOSE ENCOUNTER, 3-2 | 1/29/1934 | See Source »

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