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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Emile Allais of France: the world's downhill ski racing championship; by shooting down Les Houches, Alpine run that drops 3,070 ft. in two miles, in 4 min. 3 2/5 sec., without a spill; in a snowstorm, at Chamonix, France. The women's champion, famed Christl Cranz of Germany, got down a less steep course...
...Glee Club's program will include: two Italian folk songs; a French selection, "Les Anges"; a chorus from "Orpheus" by Gluck; "Tutti Venite Amati"; choruses from Gilbert and Sullivan's "Patienco"; "Glorious Apollo"; and "O Domine Jesu Christi" by Joachim Des Pres...
Thirteen years ago, when tubby, profligate Sultan Ahmad, Shah of Persia, was debauching along the French Riviera French newsorgans came out with the old French proverb: La mdt tous les chats sont gris. This means literally: "At night all cats are grey." A punning interpretation is: "At night all Shahs are drunk. In 1925 Sultan Ahmad Shah was toppled off the throne, and swashbuckling, self-made Reza Shah Pahlavi declared himself the King of Kings. From the outset he pompously made it clear that his country would stomach no further insults of the drunken Shah variety. Last year the King...
Another big reason for the failure of Coach Joe Stubb's charges to ring up their expected one-sided triumph was the skill and fortune of Les Goding, Coach Herb Gill's star net-minder. If the Crimson did escape a resounding check from Otis or Bennett, it was Goding who turned back a scoring attempt. George Roberts was especially robbed on numerous occasions, had the amazing misfortune to hit the post three times...
...mice sing is a scientific mystery. Dr. Slye thought Minnie might have a respiratory condition similar to human râles. In 1932 Zoologist Lee R. Dice of University of Michigan suggested in the Journal of Mammalogy that all mice may sing, but on a pitch too high for the human ear unless the mouse has unusual vocal equipment. In other words, perhaps Minnie was a basso mouse...