Word: seeing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...father of oarsman Howard Turner '40 was so interested in the new machine that he leaned over too much in an attempt to see the intricacies of the streamlined motor. His pocketbook dropped into the water, went sailing through the complicated machinery, and came out the other end unscathed. All the bills were recovered, just slightly the worse for the experience...
Sable Cicada (Hsin Hwa Motion Picture Co.). In 1938. foreign pictures, by & large, were better than Hollywood pictures. In 1939, U. S. audiences will doubtless see more foreign pictures of all sorts than ever before. Sable Cicada, released in Manhattan last fortnight, is one of the first Chinese pictures made for foreign devils as well as for domestic showings. Likely to be shown only in a few small theatres in big cities, it is nevertheless important as a symptom of an ambassadorial trend...
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...enthusiastic students during the week from the schools of Medicine, Hygiene and Public Health. Three steps lead up to the lecturer's oaken platform, and a hand railing stands next to the steps. It was built for Founder Welch, who was so rotund that he could not see beyond his middle, had to use the railing for a guide when he came to the edge of the platform and descended the steps. No need for a hand rail has energetic Dr. Sigerist who often takes the steps in one leap. Students enjoy his lively classes, for Dr. Sigerist does...
Rangy, bespectacled Good Worker Henry, who is too modest to list himself in Who's Who, almost perfectly fulfills SEC Chairman William O. Douglas' definition of the disinterested professional director (see below...