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Out of the Doldrums. Buchan began writing in 1895 and produced scholarly biographies of Scott and Oliver Cromwell, as well as a 1,500,000-word account of World War I. But his apparently secure niche in literary history depends on the oldest storytelling skill in the world: the ability...
The generally fine jobs by the major characters are matched by the excellence of the supporting players (Murray Forbes as Marlow's father is especially outstanding among these last). In addition to expressing the hope that that wonderful lump of a bumpkin Tony will stop shouting, I would add only...
The angular, just-jawed Yale coach spoke but little and smiled not at all. Yovicsin, always affable, fairly effervesced. For Oliver, losing to the Crimson made a dismal season even more disconcerting. Victory over the Eli gave Yovicsin his fourth win against Yale in six years, a record few of...
Asked whether the failure of the two-point conversion play after the Yale touchdown, which could have put the Elis ahead 3-7, had upset him. Oliver replied tersely, "Nothing upset me except the final score."
The last Yale point was tallied by manager Chuck Yeager, on a pass from quarterback Ed Molloy. Coach Jordan Oliver had slipped his little manager into the game for one play, and Yeager, wearing No. 99, went almost unnoticed as he caught the aerial on the one-yard line and...