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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Prosaic matters such as bullets do still enter into consideration, just as forcefully as they impress themselves upon the soldier; still, the romance of war is redeemed by the paltry value of the arid soil the Spanish and Moroccans are fighting over. This is no bating-match between rival nationalities; it is rather a jousting time for lumbering knights-errant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MEAT FOR HOLLYWOOD | 11/13/1924 | See Source »

...Waldo Frank-Boni & Liveright ($2.00). John Mark was a doctor and a genius, albeit a young one. He loved "Mildred, chaste as thought, Mildred, deep as discovery, Mildred, remote and imminent as truth!" Two things stood between him and Mildred-his parents' opposition to the match and a rival whom he had never seen. The rival was murdered under circumstances of which he was mysteriously conscious. Shortly thereafter, his parents were also assassinated. In both crimes, a strange figure with a white head was curiously implicated. John Mark began to feel that he himself was in some occult...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Psychological Spooks | 11/10/1924 | See Source »

...Chief Quaker McGraw, caught and carried by one Joe Laird. The Leopards went back to Easton, dark bruises mingled with their spots and the score: Penn 6, Lafayette 3. The Quakers rejoiced in being the only unbeaten, untied Eastern team of the season, Pittsburgh having tied Penn's nearest rival, Syracuse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: Nov. 10, 1924 | 11/10/1924 | See Source »

Despite forecasts to the contrary, neither Springfield's University or Freshman cross-country team gave its Crimson rival much trouble yesterday. The University meet went against the visitors, 22-35, while the Crimson Freshmen overwhelmed Springfield...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON CROSS-COUNTRY MEN MAKE CLEAN SWEEP | 11/8/1924 | See Source »

...rival elevens, then, taken as a whole, match up very evenly, which makes it almost impossible to predict a victory for either side. The general feeling gives Harvard a small margin, but a single break can turn the tables

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two Determined Teams to Clash in Stadium Today | 11/8/1924 | See Source »

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