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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...English and French propaganda tries to play up the defeats of the Allies in order to gain American sympathy for the democracies"; Hubert P. Earle '41 stated yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "English, French Propaganda Plays Up Defeats," Says Earle | 10/27/1939 | See Source »

...announced the day before yesterday that Macdonald would not be available for duty against Dartmouth, but it was not until yesterday that final judgment was pronounced on Hallett. The big Junior tackle received a leg bump in Wednesday's scrimmage which sidelined him, but he will play against Princeton...

Author: By Donald Peddie, | Title: GRIDMEN IN SHAPE FOR INDIAN CLASH | 10/27/1939 | See Source »

...question whether the team is good enough to beat Dartmouth, the answer should be yes if it plays the sort of ball of the which it is capable and which it did play in streaks during the Tech game. However, any play of the type exhibited in the Tufts game and in most of the practice sessions of the past two weeks will be fatal to the Crimson chances...

Author: By John C. Robbins, | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/27/1939 | See Source »

...miss hearing Crosby play some slow blues. They are really something. Irving, Fazola, the clarinet player, has a blues tone which is so full and clear that Mr. Goodman just shuts up when anybody mentions his name. Jesse Stacy, Goodman's old piano man, is with the band, and he alone is worth the trip down there. The rest of the band--the trick stuff of drummer Ray Baudue and bassist Bobby Haggert, you probably know about already, so there isn't any need to review it. Incidentally, the latter is the author of the very popular "What...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 10/27/1939 | See Source »

...more than their share of doubt, Abraham Lincoln, hero of democracy par excellence, has become an important symbol at the expense of the man himself. Great eulogies and great debunkings have been poured over his faded memory, rearing him into some abstract, semi-divine legend. In the play, "Abo Lincoln in Illinois," two men--Robert Sherwood, playwright, and Raymond Massey, actor--have striven to bring him back to life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 10/27/1939 | See Source »

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