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During the half time period an impromptu display of grid prowess was staged by a ragged group of settlement House irregulars who poured down on the track from end zone locations. Admitted by Bill Bingham at Student Council request, they tried to repay the favor by earning their admission and justifying the sum for the rest of the 17,000 crowd...

Author: By Richard W. Wallach, | Title: Enemy Drive Fails to Score Against Post-Rutgers Foolproof Phalanxes | 11/3/1947 | See Source »

Organ Music (Sun. 9:15 a.m., CBS). Bach's "Saint Ann" Prelude and "Saint Ann" Fugue, Dobbelsteen's Fourth Impromptu, Galliard's Sonata for Bassoon and Keyboard, No. 1. Organist: E. Power Biggs. Bassoonist: Raymond Allard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Program Preview, Oct. 20, 1947 | 10/20/1947 | See Source »

...raid broke up an impromptu rehearsal of a Crusader version of "Carry me back to Old Virginuy," composed for today's Stadium clash. After the second "bombing run" the aircraft disappeared into the sun leaving 2000 papers to the attention of the Crusader fans and refuse collectors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Air Raid Carries Crimson Rebuttal To Sanguinary Holy Cross Sentiment | 10/18/1947 | See Source »

...impromptu off-the-air cracks show no sign of weakening under the pressure of his new venture. When he recently saw MGM's apologetic version of the radio-baiting novel The Hucksters, he remarked in the theater lobby: "This is the greatest exposé of the movie industry I have ever seen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Partygoers1 Wit | 8/18/1947 | See Source »

...impromptu (and anonymous) conversations on the air, Candid Mike's producer-narrator, Allen Funt, combs Manhattan street corners, hotels, doorsteps, restaurants-any spot where people meet and talk-with his tape recorder. He disguises the mike in a sling, as a hearing aid, hides it under his lapel or sets it on a pawnshop counter covered by a "for sale" sign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Last Threshold | 8/18/1947 | See Source »

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