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...Papua New Guinea's Protestant and Catholic churches. Until 1972, many of the natives bought such publications only for the paper, which they used to roll their pungent plug tobacco. But then Wantok began carrying the adventures of the Phantom translated into pidgin. (Sample dialogue: "Fantom, yu pren tru bilong mi. Inap yu ken helpim mi nau?" Meaning: "Phantom, you are a true friend of mine. Are you able to help me now?") Circulation of the paper began to climb. Illiterates bought their copies and then waited patiently for public readings of their hero's latest adventure. Taking...
...than perfunctorily. Bob Bush acts and sings, mostly sings, the part of Sid with more ease than one has right to demand in a community not known for its male leads, particularly of the musical variety. Josh Rubins gets the requisite number of laughs as Hines. And Bea Paiper, Pren Claflin, Chris Arnold and Shannon Scarry are supporting players who actually lend support. Miss Scarry, bigger than life, lends some-what more support than the rest...
...Pren Rico...
This year's squad, although still in the formative stage, would seem to be faced with a far brighter prospect than last year's six, which salvaged from its League season only one tie. True, Captain Pren Willetts took with him a sizeable nucleus of Seniors when he graduated, but last year's Freshman team was one of the best in recent years, and this should more than make up for the loss of Seniors, especially as time goes...
...about the first ten minutes of the varsity game it looked as if the Crimson might be on the way to an upset. Captain Pren Willetts took the puck from scrimmage, hesitated a split second, and fired a low shot past the Eli goaler, Cord Meyer, into the corner of the cage...