Word: richness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...McAllester's fine rich voice was well suited to the role of the traveling salesman, Aeneas, and he made that hit-and-run lover appear almost noble and dignified. Besides these actors, the audience particularly liked the dramatic ability of Mr. Eric, and Mr. Cochrane as a sailor. There were several added attractions, Miss Schroeder's well-trained ballet did an excellent job, and Mr. Chiasson drew applause at the harpsichord. Unlike the benighted students in the Hasty Pudding and the Pi Eta, the Lowell chorus had the chance to dance with girl opponents and they and their partners "gave...
When Sir Abe Bailey, rich & witty South African gold miner, had one of his legs amputated last summer, Capetown thought he was dead, dropped its flags to half mast.* Last week, suffering from phlebitis (vein inflammation), the doughty 73-year-old lost his other leg, two days later issued a personal bulletin declaring his operation successful, his condition satisfactory...
...democratized; but the results in his case are all for the good. The story is very far-fetched, and suffers from an insipid happy ending; but Sigmund Romberg's excellent music, sung as only Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy can sing, together with a good supporting cast and the rich browns and delicate blues of the sepia-platinum photography, make the picture entirely worthy of its Easter-weekend billing...
...beyond indicating that the sources of university wealth were as rich as ever, the figures were cold comfort to most colleges. Annual gifts and bequests to small colleges (under 1,000) dropped off 37% during Depression, to women's colleges 40%. Responsible for holding the total up were three universities that had good times in bad. The big three, which accounted for more than half the gifts and bequests received by the 49 universities during Depression, were Yale, Harvard and University of Chicago...
Thirty years ago only the rich could afford the strange meaty taste of avocado pears. Now avocados cost around a dime apiece instead of $5. West Indian avocados are grown in Florida, and some 13,000,000 pounds were imported last season from Cuba (certain spectacular avocados weigh two pounds apiece). But most avocados eaten in the U. S. come from California. Californians look down their noses at the West Indian article; California avocados are Guatemalan or Mexican or a cross beween the two. The Fuerte, a hybrid, called "the sturdy" because it shivered through the Big Freeze...