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...student chose Havana for his term-time vacation resort, and the series of events which followed this choice put a scowl on the University's physiognomy. The student wrote a series of post-dated letters, addressed to his father, and left them with a friend who was to mail them at certain designated intervals. The friend, however, decided to mail the entire lot at once. Several days later the vacationing student's irate father was in Cambridge. Neither he nor the administration had any idea of where...

Author: By Ronald P. Kriss, | Title: 'The University Takes a Dim View . . .' | 10/10/1952 | See Source »

Other members scowled. This, they said, was just what could be expected from an M.P. who had prepared for politics by writing musical comedies, novels (The Water Gipsies, Holy Deadlock) and humorous essays for Punch. But no one is likely to scowl at Independent Member, a sprightly, informal snapshot of the Mother of Parliaments with her hair down and her slip showing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Gallant & Gay | 6/25/1951 | See Source »

Trevor Howard is completely fitting as the grim pebbly faced Englishman, for whom an almost unnoticeable muscular movement is sufficient to turn a rapturous smile into a scowl of the utmost malevolence. Anouk is one of the newer French exports; her nose is larger than most, but otherwise she is cut from the whole cloth...

Author: By David L. Ratner, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 12/1/1950 | See Source »

From the minute he entered a crowded courtroom in Los Angeles' federal building, Mickey was the star of the show. Wearing a natty brown suit, brown tie and deep black scowl, he faced a whole battery of newsmen, photographers, movie cameras and tape recorders. Said Mickey proudly: "I could spit on the sidewalk and it would make headlines." For five hours, without notes and without much help from his two lawyers, he answered questions put by committee lawyers and three Senators. Whenever they put him on the spot, Mickey would hoist his bushy eyebrows, look injured and answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: I Ain't Never . . . | 11/27/1950 | See Source »

...right, two strong men of the Tiger backfield, Kazmaier (42) (with ball), and Davison (34) (with scowl) tramp their way toward the Crimson defense. This end run was good for eight yards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson, Tiger Offenses On the Move Saturday | 11/14/1950 | See Source »

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