Word: robbin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Actually, all the ad says is that ex-servicemen have some peculiar reason why not to vote for MacArthur, else why the use of that good old word "veteran"? The ad doesn't say, for instance, "Sponsors: veteran Jonathan E. Robbin, veteran Gibb C. Taylor etc.," it merely lists the names of a number of public spirited Harvardians and others who think "vets" should not vote for MacArthur...
...Lonely Town and Lucky To Be Me are as torchy as the next fellow's, and such ditties as Come Up To My Place and You Got Me are straight Main Stem-and with delightfully tough Nancy Walker to bawl them out, they are showstoppers as well. Jerome Robbin's dances have humor and verve, and charming Sono Osato to gladden them. Best of all, On the Town has the oldtime touch it needs: under George Abbott's direction, youth has made hay without going haywire, and a lot of slightly off-Broadway talent has been given...
...five minutes. The rumor that the great stars consult her before conceiving a child may be one of many malicious exaggerations. But it is the sort of poetic license that characterizes a legendary career. Louella Parsons may not have the biggest circulation of any syndicated film columnist. Erskine Johnson, Robbin Coons and Lolly's famed rival Hedda Hopper, all probably outcirculate her. But she gets a minimum 2,000 fan letters a week, and in lush seasons 5,000. Her batting average on scoops is .800, a record which no other journalist living or dead has remotely approached...
Upperclass softball, in which a double round-robbin was played, and baseball counted as major sports with an award of 100 points to the winner; while Freshman softball, volleyball, and tennis were considered minor sports with 80 points for first. The winner of the special inter-House relay carnival, Lowell House, received 35 points...
Leverett is also leading the pack in softball behind the line pitching of Tom Axon. A double round-robbin, with every House playing one another twice, is the plan for this league. There is also a separate tournament for '46 softball teams...