Word: ringe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There were fewer interruptions for laughter now, and a telephone ring at that moment suggested my time was up. But I held firm. When Miss Cam returned from the call, I hurriedly mentioned her copies of Henry Adams, one of her predecessors in medieval history. What did she think of his pot shots at Harvard? "Oh, I've really not been here long enough to say. He was an extraordinarily clever man, though." Well--what about hobbies? The Last Resort. "I like walking and cycling; I do wish I had brought over my bicycle. And I also do some water...
There was a two-ring circus in the Blockhouse yesterday afternoon, but no matter which way you turned the Harvards were on top and the Wesleyans were on the bottom. The varsity wrestlers turned in a tidy 24-6 job while the freshmen triumphed...
...theater" or a speech with intensity. But Red Gloves takes a good half of the evening to become interesting, and never becomes impressive. Between the two extremes of which Sartre is master-the phony thrill and the incisive speech-lies a whole human world he barely grazes; his situations ring hollow, his people seem paperbacked. Only Hoederer, in Actor Boyer's fine portrayal, has shape or color; indeed, the best of Red Gloves is what Boyer brings...
Spaewife was pinned to the mare, and eventually she was bred to an Australian stallion. Six years ago, a weedy yearling-reportedly one of her descendants-was led into an auction ring and knocked down for ?400. That was how Peter Riddle, a veteran Australian horseman, came by Shannon...
...Shannon down to three or four select races a year. Riddle became so fond of him that he turned down offer after offer for the horse. Last year, after Peter Riddle's death, all Australia listened in by radio as Shannon was once again led into the auction ring...