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That dramatic moment may be nigh...
When all this glitter is draped over a strong story line, the effect is impressive. Lorna is a powerful vision of a woman's physical and mental collapse at an out-of-the-way Mexican resort. Nor does Tryon stint on nostalgia. Skillfully he conjures up the well-nigh irresistible grandeur that prewar Hollywood displayed to the world when "people were driven by their liveried chauffeurs in Duesenbergs . . . when polo matches were played at Will Rogers' ranch and Gable danced with Lombard at the Trocadero...
Francis M. Pipkin, associate dean of the Faculty for the Colleges and chairman of the honors committee, said last nigh the proposal is still tentative, but that he thinks when finalized it "should make everyone happy...
Stuart Peskoe '76 said Tuesday nigh that Dean Whitlock told him the Faculty Council would not take nay action on the CRR reform proposals until next fall, but encouraged the committee to hold the student referendum this spring...
Success conferred itself upon these people without any of the usual confusion or red tape. Some unexplained combination of luck and talent, ambition and self-promotion and hard work, opened doors for them that their classmates will be throwing themselves against until well-nigh on middle...