Word: knowing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mitchell, one of the most popular actors on the American stage, who is now starring in "The Whole Town's Talking" at the Plymouth Theatre remarked, "the actors whom I know who have gone over to the talkies for short periods have universally disliked the work. There is none of the freedom and spirit of the legitimate stage,--none of the charm. It is the personal contact with the audience that makes the acting profession fascinating...
...project. He says that Harvard alumni generally, and especially those in Texas, will enthusiastically approve of this game. "What we particularly desire," said Mr. Fisher, "is a closer contact between Harvard and the Southwest, and we took this football game as a short-cut to our goal. You know, two strange business men can get closer together in an afternoon of golf than they might in weeks of correspondence, phone calls, or even business visits. It is the same in inter-university matters, and we indulge the hope that this football game will quickly engender an intersectional fraternalism between Harvard...
...year of playing the part has also made a proper performance of the drama more difficult", he continued. "If you are familiar with the structure of 'Strange Interlude', you know that O'Neill's characters speak their thoughts in asides, these thoughts coming between speeches of entirely different import. Our difficulty, after playing the parts so long, is that we find ourselves listening to the asides, which, being thoughts, are obviously not meant for us as persons in the play. The result is that, unless we watch ourselves closely, we are in danger of misreading our next lines. When...
...first meeting will in some way permit the students to become acquainted with me, and permit me at the same time to learn something about Harvard students as individuals. So far I know only two undergraduates, and I wish to extend the range of my acquaintances considerably. At the initial meeting I will welcome any suggestions as to the range and method of future discussions...
...wish to thank my ever-growing public for the many messages of congratulation I have received on account of my wonderful prediction of the Holy Cross-Rutgers game last Saturday. It certainly, makes one's work easier to know one is appreciated...