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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Both squads must develop depth in many events. In the 880 the varsity will miss ex-Captain Frank Gurley, unable to come out because of two jobs and five courses. Bert Couvin, although much improved over last year has little backing in the hurdles; and in the high jump Pat Dailey and Gene Harrigan will miss Dick Barwise who is ineligible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Runners Prepare for Rhode Island Relays | 11/30/1948 | See Source »

From the moment Barry Fitzgerald enlists an unemployed Hollywood stunt man to impersonate the crazy and deceased scion of the Wealthy Tatlock family, "Miss Tatlock's Millions" rockets its imaginative and hugely funny way through acres of slapstick to a wet and happy ending in the Hawaiian breakers...

Author: By Arthur R. G. solmssen, | Title: The Moviegoer | 11/30/1948 | See Source »

John Lund, as the stunt man who pretends to have lost his mind, manages to do a really excellent comedy job with only two (2) extraordinary expressions. The scene in which he casually ignites the living room curtains with someone's cigarette lighter is typical of "Miss Tatlock's Millions...

Author: By Arthur R. G. solmssen, | Title: The Moviegoer | 11/30/1948 | See Source »

...longest poem in these collections is Gold Coast Customs, which purports to be a description of cannibalistic Gold Coast Negroes of 100 years ago, but which one soon sees is a cry of horror at the evil which permeates human society. At its end Miss Sitwell utters one hope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cassandra from the Garden | 11/29/1948 | See Source »

...Miss Sitwell is not always successful in her new incantatory style. Sometimes her symbols (the Sun, Gold, and Blood for life; the Moon, the Bone, the Cold for death) become monotonous, and sometimes her apocalyptic tone leads her to speechmaking instead of to poetry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cassandra from the Garden | 11/29/1948 | See Source »

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