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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hidden under an accumulation of unfavorable connotations that the world has forgotten that burlesque, by definition, is nothing more nor less than immature, inexpensive musical comedy. One is apt to ignore the fact that burlesque, with its elemental appeal, is entitled to an honorable, if lowly, place in the scale of amusements...
...indication of individual accomplishment. Fortunately, this second evil seems to be on the ebb. The first; however, is rising steadily, and deserves all the condemnation that can be heaped upon it. The grade must be made to depend not on the relative position of a student in an arbitrary scale, but on his absolute merit as displayed in his work...
Retorted M. Briand: "But that (borrowing) is just what your Moscow friends have done and want to do on an even larger scale" That silenced the Communists...
...company-Vincent Lopez Inc.-the shares of which he has offered for sale as a canner might offer the shares of his cannery. He plans to organize orchestras all over the U. S., to found a school to train musicians for these orchestras, to broadcast on a huge scale. Said...
...bout was the final elimination tournament begun some months ago by the New York State Athletic Commission to determine a successor to Johny Dundee,* former titleholder, who had been forced (TIME Sept. 1) to admit he could no longer scale his weight down to 126-lb. maximum allowed for featherweights. Kaplan hit his way to victory in the ninth of 15 scheduled rounds, winning every round...