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Word: likings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...been taking a beating. Evidently he has finally worken up to the fact that one of the biggest factors in his decline has been that the fans felt that all his pieces sounded the same--that they could tell what a new Tommy Dorsey arrangement was going to sound like long before they heard...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 11/3/1939 | See Source »

...team backfield lined up the same as it did the day before yesterday with Bill Coleman operating at quarter, Charley Spreyer at tailback, Joe Gardella at wingback, and George Heiden in the bucking role. Spreyer continued to throw a large share of the passes, and it begins to look like most of the Crimson hopes when they step into Palmer Stadium on Saturday in defense of their Big Three title rest on his shoulders...

Author: By Donald Peddie, | Title: HELMAN PROMOTED TO SECOND TAILBACK JOB | 11/1/1939 | See Source »

...Like its predecessors, the 1943 group has before it the task of managing all social activities in the Union until a new Freshman class takes over next fall. These activities include dances, amateur nights, photographic contests, talks by men outside the University, talks on fields of concentration by Faculty members, and free reviews before examinations given by Faculty members who teach Freshman courses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ninth Union Committee Meets Today to Map Plans for Year | 11/1/1939 | See Source »

Suddenly a mysterious little man who looked like an anachronism appeared from nowhere. He was tremendously interesting from the point of view of both the Egyptologist and the psychoanalyst and even to Vag. It seemed almost certain that he was scurrying off to some clandestine meeting, deep in the entrails of Boylston Street, so Vag took pursuit. Of course it was bitterly disappointing to Vag's visions of international intrigue when he saw the little man turn off and head for Harvard Hall, but still hopeful, Vag followed him into the lecture room and procured a seat directly behind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 11/1/1939 | See Source »

...play gagged up by Kaufman takes hair-trigger handling to put it across. The production at the Copley, however, started off like a funeral procession. About the middle of the first act hope was fast fading when in whooped Erford Gage in a coon skin coat and the show began to shake the dust off its feet. By the end of the second act everyone was talking at once. Mr. Gage was roaring up and down stairs, Joan Croydon (Julie) was standing mid-stage screaming her head off, and things looked brighter. Things continued to look bright straight through...

Author: By W. E. H., | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 10/31/1939 | See Source »

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