Word: round
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Sampson of the Herald: "Harvard, Yale boasts a strong defensive line; but with the exception of aerial work, her offense doesn't amount to much. The Crimson backfield is outstanding and Harlow has a better all-round attack...
...balance of the Freshman group. Every fall after the physical examinations he selects between a quarter and a third of the yearlings and gives each of these a series of exercises lasting six weeks and intended to increase the mobility of the body and to correct such deformities as round shoulders, away backs, "bay windows", and even flat feet...
Coaches Dick Harlow and Ducky Pond will both be featured speakers on the broadcast. Kieran will conduct a round table consisting of such sports authorities as John Lardner, George Carens, Vic Jones, Bill Cunningham, and others. Announcer Bill Stern will also be on hand. Lemuel A. Watkins '21 will address the rally on behalf of the hosts...
...Algonquin's Round Table perished years ago, but it bequeathed Kaufman, Benchley and Dorothy Parker as the town's great wits. Kaufman has proved almost as much of a spout offstage as on. His puns are endless: "One man's Mede is another man's Persian" or (of a college girl who eloped) "She put the heart before the course." So are his retorts discourteous. When Adolph Zukor, then president of Paramount, offered Kaufman $30,000 for movie rights on a play, Kaufman, who thought the rights worth much more, replied: "I guess...
When it was all over, half the audience applauded, half booed. By the time the second performance came round, even Choreographer Leonide Massine got cold feet, whittled down the plaster-breasted woman's breasts, and draped her in a shawl...