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...dither of vernal gaiety that Mr. Dwight Wiman has brought to the Shubert Theatre one of the very best musical comedies in many a pasteboard moon. It's called "On Your Toes" and if it falls to hang the S. T. O. talisman outside its New York queue, George Joan Nathan is Pollyanna's brother...
Arguments. Every one of the 320 seats in the Court Chamber was filled during these arguments, and no sooner was a seat vacated than it was instantly refilled by those who had been standing in a queue outside. Attorneys, watching critically to see what New Dealer Dickinson could do with a case that in the shadow of the Schechter decision looked far from hopeful, credited him with an able lawyer-like job. Curious laymen who hoped the Justices would pink the New Deal's attorneys fore & aft with embarrassing questions were disappointed. Neither the argument of Mr. Dickinson...
...rushing in to obtain meat, butter, caviar, cloth, quilts, rubbers, etc. One scoundrelly speculator was caught last week selling for 40 rubles a pair of gloves she had stood in line to buy from the State for 15 rubles, the purchaser preferring not to spend the day in a queue...
...score was 3-5 in the third set? match point for Helen Jacobs?with Mrs. Moody serving. In the stands, the capacity crowd of 19,000, many of whom had stood in a queue all night to get a seat, leaned forward, silent as death. It was, they realized, the crucial point of the most exciting match that Wimbledon had ever seen. To understand why it was the most exciting it would have been necessary to know something of what led up to it, to understand, for instance, exactly why two young women from California who, if they had wanted...
Klein joined the queue, inched along for one hour and 20 minutes. Then he reached a dingy little shop, entered the cabinet, removed his hat, smiled brightly. Motors hummed, shutters clicked. Next he was conducted to an antechamber where he had to wait 20 more minutes. Finally he received an unexciting likeness of himself, paid 25?, departed...