Word: normans
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Although only four years old, the New Indoor Athletic Building had become inadequate for the present needs of the University," said Norman W. Fradd, the director of that building. Mr. Fradd did not explain further in what way facilities had proven insufficient...
...pulled in and they clambered aboard. The whistle echoed excitingly through the dark hills. Phelps Newberry Jr. and Henry Wetter Jr. breathed easier when they reached Grand Central Station and found no policemen waiting for them. They went to a cheap Times Square hotel, the Bradley House, registered as "Norman Thompson" and "John Adams." Next day, clad in sweaters so they would not look too genteel, they traveled up & down the Hudson River waterfront as cocky and tough as could be. They walked what seemed like 30 miles but people did not seem to want cabin boys any more. Most...
...Pocahontas. In 1915 she acquired further distinction by becoming the third woman in history* to marry a U. S. President while he was in office. Last week as sole proprietor of a famed 131-year-old business she acquired distinction for business ideals. When the present Widow Wilson married Norman Gait in 1896 she married the scion of an established institution. The jewelry firm of Gait & Bro. was founded in Alexandria, Va. in 1802. In 1825 it moved to Pennsylvania Avenue in the Capital and began a century-long career as purveyor of jewels by appointment to the most majestic...
...ford was in the silence. The only claim that the producers might advance in its favor would be that the acting is out of the ordinary. And this is not the case, for Sally Eilers, she of the perfect profile, contributes nothing that has not been seen before and Norman Foster is just as ill-at-ease and boyishly ingenuous as ever. For those who spilled tears for "Emperor Jones" and his untimely end, "Walls of Gold" is recommended as a breather, because everything turns out rosy in the end. Ralph Morgan plays the part of the wrong husband...
...memory of Norman Foster in that epitome of dullness, "Pilgrimage," serves to turn the reviewer against that noble gentleman, but it cannot be said that his schoolboy shyness in speech and action go amiss in "Walls of Gold." It is still difficult, however, to watch him when he is angry. Mr. Foster should confine himself to such parts as he played in "State Fair...