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Paul Rush has a smile which is almost as brilliant as the shining black and gold draperies that cover the walls of the Rendezvous where he is master of ceremonies. One wonders if Paul's ears would stay struck to his head should by mischance this broad gleam of jollity be clouded by a serious mood. Anyway, it is hoped that such a tragedy will never happen because if he and his wife are always in accord as they are when doing tap dances, there will never be a necessity for anything but smiles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IN THE NIGHT CLUBS | 2/12/1930 | See Source »

...Golden Gleam, with Capt. Stuart Blake up, lost the Military Team Trophy for the Canadians by committing 20½ faults after the rest of the team had made a perfect score. The Polish team, with 2½ faults, won the cup while hundreds of Manhattan's Polish citizenry outyelled their disgruntled Italian and Canadian neighbors in the gallery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Horse Show | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

Having perused editorials in the Boston papers and in the higher purveyors of news in New York City, we feel called to throw a gleam of light upon the all-important question of the brutal attack and "false" imprisonment of the poor boys at the Stadium by Harvard's heartless mercenaries...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 10/30/1929 | See Source »

What had happened was that Dr. Shields, believing he had seen the gleam of Modernism in the eyes of a Des Moines University professor, had asked President Wayman to expel him and six others who seemed to have similar gleams. President Wayman had refused. A meeting of the board of trustees upheld Dr. Shields and his loyal secretary-treasurer. Thereupon Dr. Shields exuberantly expelled everybody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Noble Inspiration | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

...gleam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Minstrel | 12/24/1928 | See Source »

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