Word: possessed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...present offering of the University theater affords opportunity for pertinent comment on the state of acting in the American cinema. In both movies star players are featured, who cannot under any condition be classed as actors; they do not exercise any dramatic talent, for they possess none. Their whole efforts are centered upon walking impressively back and forth across the screen in parts which have been selected especially for them, parts which they can act because sympathetic to their own nature. Both stories are of back origin, both leading characters are but puppets, and if one movie is less...
Harvard Jayvee netmen found considerable difficulty defeating their Milton Academy opponents yesterday afternoon on the school courts in a 5 to 4 victory. The Milton racquetmen, who possess a considerably stronger team this year than usual, lost the contest when one of their doubles teams was forced to default. The playing on both sides was rather poor due to the cold weather conditions and the bad condition of the courts...
...form regular discussion groups. There representatives of various nations would be encouraged to present nations would be encouraged to present their views, and a hearty debate could be enjoyed without the restrictions of ponderous machinery. Embracing nearly all the benefits of the Model League, the informal group would possess none of its disadvantages. Only when freed from all distracting and misguiding puppetry can the discussion of international affairs attain its full value for the undergraduate...
...word, each of these aspirants possess certain positive claims to prominence which make him a challenging figure in the public eye but which may cause him to be regarded askance by political managers looking for the safe and harmless candidate behind whom a tired convention can swing into line. They must be sure that their dark horse possesses none of the attributes of a white elephant...
...cinemaddicts of lower mental rating prefer subdivisions of Drama, like "spiritual struggle," "social and sex problems," "society." Critics of the poll pointed out that: 1) typical cinemaddicts-whose opinions are most valuable-are the least likely to bother writing them on a ballot; 2) producers think they already possess most of the information the poll is intended to disclose. Said Motion Picture Herald: "The industry hardly needs to confess obtuseness by any such gesture...