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...FURYS-James Hanley-Macmillan...
Slowly through the 549 pages of The Furys James Hanley reveals his characters, lets their actions speak for them, presents accelerating events through the eyes of one after another, introduces a mass of realistic detail. The first of three novels dealing with the wild Fury clan, The Furys begins with the sort of situation on which most novels end. is distinguished by its sustained intensity, its brilliant characterization of Mrs. Fury, its brisk, unadorned, effective prose style, its few powerful, panoramic scenes of violence and disorder during the strike. Although readers may be repelled by the detachment of James Hanley...
...before graduation, Midshipman Borries stepped before the regiment, received from Rear Admiral David Foote Sellers the Navy Athletic Association's sword as the Academy's outstanding athlete. Following graduation Ensign Borries had his epaulets pinned on, was presented with a big hug & kiss by "Gussie" Mae Hanley of Washington...
...biggest crowd of the year (80,000) saw Notre Dame's Andy Pilney drop back for a pass from his own 38-yd. line. The ball sailed across the line of scrimmage in a high arc, landed in the arms of Notre Dame's Dan Hanley who was dragged down by two tacklers on Army's 25-yd. line. Two line plays followed and then Pilney dropped back to pass again. This time, Hanley caught the ball just beyond the line of scrimmage, cut to the left, zigzagged 10 yd. to the goalline...
...Hanley, an oldster of Knute Rockne's last team who had been kept out of college by illness in 1931 and 1932, and for a Notre Dame team that has shown flashes of greatness, that play was a satisfactory climax for the season. Earlier in the game, mainly a battle between two titanic lines, a long Notre Dame pass and a short Army pass had given each team a touchdown. Two minutes later the gun made the final score Notre Dame 12, Army...