Word: occur
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Almost all the events that occur in the life of Jimmy Dolan could happen only in the movies. This is the strength of the picture. If Hollywood producers could practice their faith in the axioms which Jimmy Dolan's doings demonstrate, they would be far happier about their ledgers. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. gives an intelligent performance and manages to make his fisticuffs seem lively. I Loved You Wednesday (Fox) is the account of one exciting evening in the career of an indecisive danseuse named Vicki Meredith (Elissa Landi). At the beginning of the evening she is planning to elope...
...privileges in the Houses will be granted them. The selection of House members has been made partly on the basis of the "cross-section" plan and partly on the basis of scholarship. Because of this, it is not expected that any appreciable increase in vacancies in the Houses will occur. Preference will be given to men already in the Houses, even if they have temporarily fallen below good standing...
...that commencement was probably not the occasion for rejoicing for many seniors that it was supposed to be. Many of us had probably failed to live up to the expectations of our parents and the hopes of ourselves; we had misused or ignored chances for learning that would not occur again; we had, perhaps, fumbled badly in athletics or fizzled dismally as social lights...
...remnant of arms left it if neighboring nations unreservedly do the same. . . . Germany is in the main agreed to accept a transitional period of five years for the establishment of its national security, in the expectation that after this period Germany's real equalization with other nations will occur. . . . The German Government sees in the English plan a possible basis for solution of this question...
...Freshmen have been assigned to the Houses as compared to 579 in the first assignment last year. Men on the waiting list who have not yet been assigned will be kept on the list unless they withdraw their applications, and will be considered for any vacancies which may later occur...