Word: roles
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...role of reigning queens though splendorous is indefinite. Their duty to the State may be irreproachably discharged by mere male bearing.* Even more nebulous is the aggregate contribution to statecraft of the wives of Premiers, Ministers and Opposition leaders. They are too numerous to be counted, and too much at cross purposes to be broadly significant. But today a new class of august women loom as worthy of inspection. They are the Consorts of the world's six major Dictators. Theirs is the simplified problem and the dazzling opportunity of swaying a nation by persuading, cajoling or nagging...
Either E. L. Molloy '29 or E. A. Colpak '29 will be on the mound for the Crimson today. Both have shown good form to date and whichever one does not start will be ready to serve in the relief role...
...Macllale '31 is slated to demound duty against the Crusaders, with Robert Gilmore '31 serving in the relief role. A shift in the Crimson lineup sends S. L. Batchelder '31 from first to the catcher's position, while B. H. Ticknor '31 will take care of the initial sack A. D. Weeks '31 has replaced E. J. Des Roches '31 at second...
...then read the script to the neighbors. Although the plot of their latest contribution hangs upon a surgical operation which is highly sophisticated if scientifically vague, the play retains a rural placidity. Perhaps this is because Father Nugent, a portly but very mildly sinister figure, acts his leading role...
...Garden. Yet it was not Mary Garden, the aged unmarried maiden. The name that appeared was that of a less spectacular but artistically far more competent diva, Rosa Raisa. She, a lady with an equally imposing stage presence, and a far better voice, who refused this winter the leading role in the world premiere of Boito's long delayed Nerone, and who, at 34, is listed among the greatest dramatic sopranos in the world, last week left Manhattan on a boat bound for Italy. Ship news reporters watched her sail away, and whatever they may have observed, reported nothing...