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Comedy, however, does not accurately describe this play, for there is nothing really funny about it. As is the case with much American humor, the intended comedy depends solely upon exaggeration. In this particular mishap, a maudlin youth called Willy Baxter goes through the throes of his first love. While Baxter may be hailed as the first American teen-ager, his traumas are highly contrived and distorted. He behaves in a mawkish manner that is neither amusing nor credible...

Author: By Thomas C. Wheeler, | Title: The Playgoer | 6/2/1951 | See Source »

...discarded skin; the men inside crawled out to shiver in the sunlight. Then an armored scout car, with a British bridge-building detachment, hit another mine, bounced up & turned over. Two groggy but otherwise uninjured Britons climbed out. A South Korean jeep coming over to inspect the double mishap struck a third mine, was blown into a tangle of steel, rubber and wire. The rest of Task Force Growdon clanked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War: With Task Force Growdon | 4/2/1951 | See Source »

...similar mishap hit Mikkola's top sprinter, Dick Weiskopf, who pulled a leg muscle in the first heat of the 50-yard dash. To complete the "misfortunes-come-in-threes" pattern, half-miler Bill Montague twisted his ankle working out and was unable to compete...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity, '54 Track Teams Win Easily in Tufts Meet | 12/18/1950 | See Source »

With this mishap in mind the Radcliffe Student Council yesterday temporarily rechartered Idler until February 1, to give the club time to draw up a new document...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Idler Given Time to Replace Destroyed Club Constitution | 12/12/1950 | See Source »

Approximately 53 percent of the House cast ballots in what the Student Council termed a "fair turnout, but very pleasing in view of Wednesday's mishap." Boshkoff and the seven other House represenatatives will serve on next year's council from February to February...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Adams House Elects Boshkoff to Council | 12/8/1950 | See Source »

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