Word: meres
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...ambition" said Fred Allen, one of the three leading stars in "Three's a Crowd," is to see two dwarfs having a tug-of-war with a piece of dental floss." When asked to explain this statement Mr. Allen merely shrugged and said, "you asked the question: and there is a straight and honest answer, what mere do you want...
...others will have to be viewed with considerable doubt. There is little question but that the rules requiring padded equipment, liberalizing the use of substitutes, and preventing the use of a wedge on the kick-off will all meet with approval and have a beneficial effect. They all concern mere technicalities of play...
Japan's general elections come Feb. 20. The mere fact that onetime-Premier Wakatsuki called on Prince Saionji was enough to start rumors in Tokyo that the party of peace was making a strong bid for a return to power. Since October no Japanese paper has dared oppose Ja pan's militarists. Last week an article appeared in the Tokyo Nichi Nichi signed "A Member of the House of Peers." No one denied that it came from the brush of Baron Kijuro Shidehara, Foreign Minister in the Wakatsuki Cabinet, forced out by the militarists in December. Said this peer...
...Outlook, are full of sincerity, and intensity of feeling. His technique is admirable; the spirit behind the verses is genuine. The title poem "See Prayer", and the opening poem, in addition to the final sonnet sequence are splendidly done. The verses always rise above the ranks of mere competence. Perhaps it is unjust to refer to them in this way. Suffice it to say that here are pleasant poems not destined to immortality...
...Pearson '32 and N. P. Dodge '33, both running from scratch in a large field of entries, sprinted neck and neck at the taps after four laps of spirited running. Pearson nosed out his rival in the last few yard's pacing, finishing a mere tenth of a second ahead of Dodge. J. B. White '34 pressing this pair hotly throughout the race and finished a good third, a second behind the winner...