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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...chaste columns of the CRIMSON, has been called "Gone Again", "Off-Again-On-Again", and "Giddy-Ap" Gilligan. Wallace Harper, who will be missed from the Harvard lineup today, has been dubbed the "Ioway Dutchman", for reasons unknown. In general the nicknames are amazingly apt. "Gentleman Gene" and "Tiger Jack" just about describe those two ex-heavyweight champs. The local pugilistic comedian, one Mr. Stone, has been happily termed "Rocky" (Crushed) Stone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/26/1929 | See Source »

...down a minute, Tommy." We will not go bail for its absolute authenticity, but it is a nice little addition to the saga; and if true, it goes to prove once more that history repeats itself. Tommy Loughran, out on his feet in his recent fisticuff with "Boston Jack" Sharkey, is reported to have said "Leave us sit down a minute, Jack". Like Bowman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/26/1929 | See Source »

...cast: Porgy Frank Wilson Bess Evelyn Ellis Crown Jack Carter Sporting Life Percy Verwayne Maria Georgette Harvey Serena Rose McClendon...

Author: By R. W. P., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 10/23/1929 | See Source »

...Hard to Get" opens at the Central Square this week with Dorothy Mackaill and wise-cracking Jack Oakie in the leading roles. This new product of the sound studio does not rise to great heights as far as originality or plot is concerned, but it does show Miss Mackaill that the title of the theme song. "The Things We Want Most Are Hard To Get" contains truth. Jack Oakie contributes his usual share of laughs at the expense of his manikin sister who longs for Park Avenue and has no objection to being picked up if the driver...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 10/16/1929 | See Source »

...manufacture. Fascist authorities scented propaganda. Last week, armed with orders from the Italian Department of the Interior (Italy's Department of the Interior: Benito Mussolini), black-shirted, truncheon-swinging Fascist Militia raided bookstores, bundled all editions of the works of Gorky, Gogol, Dostoievski, Tolstoy, Turgeniev, and even Jack London into vans. Official reason: "Low-priced editions of these works have injured the sale of books by modern Italian writers. They often contain seed for Communist propaganda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Communist Seed | 10/14/1929 | See Source »

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