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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...investigation, which was ordered by Dr. Michael A. Luongo, instructor in Legal Medicine, confirmed eyewitness reports that the rifle was discharged as Zilahy was adjusting its sling after shooting from a prone position...
John Ford has avoided cluttering his latest western with any discernible plot. This will please people who enjoy a horse-and-shooting movie for its basic detail, and who hate to see it adulterated with Sex, Skullduggery, or Intrigue. It will bore stiff anyone who is prone to squirm in his seat until something happens...
Although Dartmouth followers are prone to create their own entertainment, two local organizations have gone to the trouble nevertheless to sponsor dances tonight by way of ushering in the Big Green weekend...
...night with the nets. We found they were very economical fishermen to boot. When a Dutch fisher man reaches his favorite fish hole, he generally shinnies up the mast and blows out all his riding lights to save kerosene. This means that at any moment the erstwhile yachtsman is prone to destroy the means of a fisherman's livelihood with a sharp blow below the waterline...
Shepard is a little man with a big job. Starting last Monday, five-foot, seven Inch Shepard climbed upstairs from the bare type of office the H.A.A. is prone to give its coaches in the Indoor Athletic Building, and began sorting out fifty competent larger varsity candidates. So far," he says, rustling a typewritten varsity roster, "I don't even know their names. I'll just have to drill them every day until I know what they...