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When the photographers asked for pictures of David driving Tony, the boy happily nicked the reins and yelled, "Gid-dyap." Tony refused to ripple a muscle. "Giddyap!" repeated David sharply. Tony stood still. Ike finally grasped Tony's bridle, tugged gently, and Tony began a slow, reluctant stroll. "That's good," said Ike after a few steps. "Now stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Tony's Thanksgiving | 12/5/1955 | See Source »

After his mother's death, Gide finally married Cousin Emmanuèele. She is the prototype of characters in several of his books, always as a devoted friend, with a long-suffering piety and a love of God that Gide sometimes found irritating. Em, as Gid e refers to her, is an off-stage character in the Journals. Critic Georges Lemaitre says of Emmanueéle that "when she came to understand his moral perversity, she shrank from him and 'took refuge in God.'" The Journals prove that she had unusual endurance. She died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Immoral Moralist | 6/7/1948 | See Source »

Added talent from last year's Freshmen were on hand in the forms of Bill Allen, Gid Loring, Myles Huntington, and Johnny Chase (no relation), with footballers Doug Bradlee, Mel Freedman and the injured Dick Greeley expected to appear next week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hockey Team Holds Initial Drill at Arena | 11/18/1947 | See Source »

Monday's tilt with Arlington revealed unexpected power in the Freshman second-string line, which pulled the team up by its ankle wraps after a slow first period. Left wing Larry Ward, right wing Gid Loring, and center Haven Abbett were easily "the outstanding line on the ice," Coach Stan Priddy stated after the contest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Skaters Face Off With Cambridge, Wellesley Today | 2/5/1947 | See Source »

Trailing 5 to 3 at the beginning of the third period, the Yearlings fought their way out in front as leftwingman Larry Ward drove home two of his total of five markers in quick succession and Gid Loring whacked Haven Abbett's pass into the not for the clincher...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling, Jayvee Sextets Maintain Unsullied Record | 2/4/1947 | See Source »

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