Word: icing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Life on a fashionable Middletown street was happy and uncomplicated. About the only rule was that a boy mustn't hang on to the back of ice wagons. "So we hung on to the back of ice wagons," says the Secretary of State, who enjoys recalling the "golden age of childhood." But Acheson could not help but bear some of the stamp of Father. No one who ever came in contact with the Rev. Edward Campion Acheson, later Bishop of Connecticut, came away without his imprint...
They mobbed the refreshment counters, chucked ice cream bricks and pretzels through the air, and clambered all over the serving tables. The 30 cases of soda pop, 60 gallons of orange juice, 30 gallons of ice cream, and 15 cartons of pretzels were gone within an hour...
...refreshments department the Yardlings are carting 5000 cigarettes, 30 cases of soft drinks, an unlimited supply of orange juice, 50 gallons of ice cream, and, of course, beer into Memorial Hall...
Despite the closeness of the score, the Crimson led all the way and was never seriously threatened by the low scoring Tigers. But a warm rink made the ice sticky, causing the varsity's passing and scoring to fall off. A second factor in the low scoring was Princeton's excellent not coverage late in the game...
...second feature, "Nanook of the North" has returned. This classic Robert J. Flaherty documentary of a generation ago still surpasses a lot of current professional films. The simple portrait of an Eskimo family and its struggle against the snow and ice of the Arctic is enlivened further by the obvious enjoyment Nanook himself found in front of the camera. You can learn something from this picture, even if you're not interested in building an igloo or harpooning a seal through the ice. A "March of Time" feature about Broadway's current troubles rounds out the Exeter bill...