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...printing press, Woodcutter Leighton uses the back of an old teaspoon, worn so thin that she can feel through it, to rub the damp paper on the inked block. There are other methods. Woodcutter Howard Heath (see cut), well known in New York art marts for his flower prints, prefers a little rubber roller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Goose Feathers & Spitzstickers | 12/12/1932 | See Source »

Between Mr. Adams' two statements there is something of a contradiction: the youthful, galliard tone is decidedly something extra in Rub life, supplied from a foreign source. Like an amoeba, the Sanhedrim that draws up Boston social lists reaches out long pseudopodia to Cambridge, absorbing whatever it wants in the ways of male sustenance, and rejecting the rest. So the young roam through their pleasures and palaces quite separately from the old, and it is the young who usually usurp the front pages of the society sections. Relegation of the middle-aged, and increased respect for the goings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HANDS ACROSS THE CHARLES | 11/29/1932 | See Source »

...this money is spent on supplies and wages alone. Nearly two thirds of the football expenditure goes as guarantees to the visiting teams. Subtract the guarantees from the original figure, and the more modest total of $113,000 remains as the sum necessary to equip, coach, and rub the squad. Football on Soldiers Field is distinctly a commercial proposition, a fact which may strike home among the many alumni and others who, while supporting the weekly institution, still cry out about high-priced tickets, and over-emphasis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STADIUM ECONOMICS | 10/7/1932 | See Source »

...Hollywood studies--including Universal--for so many years. If anything could puncture the movies, "Once In A Lifetime" might be calculated to do it. But the assumption is probably naive, for in filming this uproarious burlesque, the movie magnates have not failed to soften the more biting scenes, and rub the edges smooth. "Once in A Lifetime" is still well-worth seeing, however, as one of the best theatrical satires of recent years...

Author: By M. F. E., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 9/29/1932 | See Source »

...released to present to Speaker Garner a petition against adjournment. But first he went before the Capitol to announce: "I've got permission for you to use these centre steps. But you've got to keep a lane open for the white-collar birds inside so they won't rub into us lousy rats. We're Agoing to stay here until I see Hoover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: No Man's Land | 7/25/1932 | See Source »

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