Word: light
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first applied against the system, a few tutoring firms had started to branch out. They were offering to "type" English A themes, and prepare honors candidates for generals and divisionals in the "method" of favored professors. Alleged cases of the bribing of monitors for class lists came to light...
...Ping Pong Players," a light love story written by Saroyan to illustrate the lengths to which people are driven by boredom, will be the HDC's curtain raiser. Allegretti and Miss Frances Coombs, Radcliffe '48, who portray the two main characters in the play, will engage in a ping pong game all through the dialogue. The HDC announced on Tuesday that eight winners of the PBH ping pong tournament have been given tickets to see the play...
Meanwhile, several undergraduate organizations have already given the green light to the Council suggestion...
...began adult life as a barrister, quit (to write light verse and opera) after he inherited a small income-and after a female thief he was unsuccessfully defending whipped off one of her boots in court, and aimed it at his head. The law and its devotees became one of his favorite butts-as witness the court usher's song in Trial by Jury...
Strumpet Call. As producer as well as librettist of the famous operas, Gilbert was the driving power behind the scenes. Through him, the light-opera chorus ceased to be a mere massed accompaniment to the soloists, became vociferous participants in the speedy, highly involved counterpoint of Gilbertian song. Through him, too, many a D'Oyly Carte Company member rose from the ranks to stardom. It was rarely a smooth rise: Gilbert's temper was as full of spikes as a bag of nails, his rehearsals long and terrifying. Once, when a player warmly urged his untalented mistress...