Word: joyful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...came into his life with young Betty Buxom. From the very first kiss they loved each other passionately. Then followed midnight swimming parties at Revere, so gay, so free, so So. One night, however, when they were frolicking about like water babies, Charles discovered to his great grief and joy, by an authentic mole under the left shoulder-blade, that beautiful Betty was his long-lost grandmother...
...that were to follow. Addressing himself to President Eliot, he said, "Of your services to Harvard, to education, to scholarship, to the higher life of men, it will be the privilege of others to speak today. Yet I may give voice to one feeling in all our hearts: the joy that, as the advancing years have given you so richly of their wisdom, they have endowed you also with continuing strength...
There was one good piece of acting in the evening: that of Miss Lyon as Mrs. Sheridan. She rose from the depths of gloom to the heights of joy with a spontaneity that was remarkable; the scene with her good-for-nothing husband was terrible in its pathos; and yet never once did she over do her part, never once did she strike a false note. The rest of the cast was realistic but unimportant...
...Without English, opera will either die here before many years, or remain what it has long been in this country?the privilege of a few. With English text, it may be a joy for millions of Americans, who now know it chiefly through the 'movies' and the broadcasters...
There is only one consideration to detract from the righteous joy of all self-appointed administrators of the law: University 4 will not recognize their credentials...