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...technical side the new recording is well-nigh perfect, and is typical of the impressive job Columbia has been doing with its recent releases. The newer surfaces are velvety-smooth, lacking a hiss which to some extent mars Victor recordings. Columbia, furthermore, takes far more care to perfect a set than Victor. Rarely will you find, in their albums, the negligence that creeps into a Victor set, a break ill-timed in the middle of a movement, an orchestral entrance made before the sound-track starts, or exasperatingly, an entrance made late, several barren seconds during which you hear...
...director John Ford, whose skill in recreating the stark reality of Steinbeck's situations and in preserving variety where repitition would have been easy, has made of the film more than the vehicle for a message; and with the actors--especially Jane Darwell, Ma Joad--whose performances are well-nigh jawless...
...hard-rock" miners are gouging, chipping, blasting at those cinnabar-streaked granite tunnel walls, bringing out sacks of ore every day, to be "cooked" in the retorts there on the steep shank of the mountain. A week or so ago "Hap" brought out one rock that was might' nigh pure cinnabar. It weighed 130 Ib. He brought it through seven miles of tunnel from the very gizzard of the ancient mine...
...foil. Like Wright, he has a great deal of natural ability, although he never had a sword in his hand before his Freshman year. His style is characterized by uncommon speed and aggressiveness and by a fast, far-reaching lunge. His vigorous parries make him well-nigh invulnerable against the average opposition, and his attacks are always well-planned. It was something of a surprise when Al did not win the individual foil championship in the gruelling two-day Intercollegiate last year. Close behind him in the foil is Crannie Jones, who as captain of Al's Freshman team...
...batting mark for poling out 99 base hits in 310 official trips to the plate. He participated in 83 games and scored 47 runs. His total base-hit figure was 134, consisting of 11 triples, 13 doubles, and 110 singles. As usual, his play in the field was well-nigh flawless...