Word: seatful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When U. S. Vice President Garner, Secretary of War Dern, Speaker of the House Byrns and a large delegation of Congressmen and Senators assemble in Manila for the Commonwealth's inaugural, they will be ushering into old, Spanish-built Malacanan Palace the first Filipino to occupy that seat of government. For brown men it will be a great triumph to see the Governor General moved out of the palace, demoted to Resident High Commissioner. Further loss to white face in the Orient was the fact that until July 4, 1946, when the Philippines become absolutely autonomous, the natives will...
...spread over Sally's face and rapidly developed into a bewitching chuckle. She then rose and glided gracefully across the floor to the accompaniment of electric shivers which spiraled up the interviewer's spine. Producing a collection of photographs from a cabinet, she selected one and returned to her seat...
...characteristically, he concluded that if polo was good enough for him to play, it was good enough for more people to watch than those who could park their cars along the boards at the dozen or so private fields where high-goal players customarily perform, or afford to buy seats at Meadow Brook. He improved Bostwick Field at Old Westbury until it became, next to Meadow Brook, the best playing surface on Long Island. He put up gigantic signs "Polo-50?" on four Long Island boulevards, built a grandstand (without boxes) to seat 3,000, had the biggest Scoreboard...
Season football tickets will be available for games at home except Yale. They will not carry an option on seats for Army, Princeton, or Yale. The season ticket book this year will cost $6.60 and include a set of reserved seat tickets entitling the holder to definite seat locations at the Springfield, Holy Cross, Dartmouth, Brown, and New Hampshire games. Similar tickets for these games, if purchased individually, would cost $9.90. 35,000 applications for tickets have been mailed to Harvard graduates...
...drags in places through unimaginative treatment, Jimmy Cagney brings much spirit to his performance. He falls in love with his brother's girl and wins her when he substitutes for the challenger in a fight against the middleweight champion. In a battle which had the lady in the seat next to us gripping the arms of the seat in tense anticipation, Jimmy proved that he is an astounding boxer...