Word: players
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Says she: "I fell in love with him at first sight." As Premier of Prussia he controls the State Theatre for which she acted. "I decide whether a player is Jewish or not!" he has boasted. Deciding he loved Emmy, Premier Göring created for her the title "State Actress," equivalent to prima donna assoluta...
...champion of ladies' bands am I, but unless the female method of tone production tillers radically from that of the male it seems almost libelous to attribute drooling to their horn players (TIME, March 25 ). Closer observation would show you that it is condensed moisture from the breath rather than saliva which accumulates within the tubing of brass instruments. As for ascribing the difficulty of French horn playing to the necessity of passing ' breath "evenly through some 16 feet of tubing, a matter of sustaining tone, a more fundamental problem is that of even starting the designated tone...
...stage show is announced as "April Fool," which is, perhaps, a very good name for it. Whatever else it might be named would not be so good. There is a young man who plays an accordion, and he is a very good accordion player as accordion players go. Then there are three young ladies who are lovely of look at, but not so delightful to hear. Unfortunately they can't dance, they sing. The chorus does a number to "Love and a Dime" which is a novel and very fetching affair. The young ladies prove that they really can dance...
...forced to buy his playing-cards, score-cards, and other paraphernalia. Yet with it all he found time in his syndicated newspaper article yesterday to give a good word for Sims and some advice to the kiddies. "I have acknowledged Papa Sims as the second greatest card player in the country, but after watching him play the following hand, I, for the moment, forgot myself by stating publicly that he was the first and greatest card player in the world." In the light of this statement, and of the friendly little tiffs during the match, the following advice becomes pregnant...
Both the Angier Trophy and the Tudor Memorial Cup are permanent trophies and a replica is given to the player to whom the award is made. These replicas will be given at the annual dinner of the Harvard Varsity Club next fall...