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Word: seemly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Upset earlier in the year by the Terriers when the Crimson were taken by surprise to the tune of 9-7, Coach Mitchell's forces seem at last to be on the good baseball trail after playing a splendid game against highly touted Holy Cross. Unless they are again hogtied by the deliveries of Bob Leahy they are in a good enough hitting mood to batter out a victory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOPEFUL VARSITY NINE FACES B.U. TEAM TODAY ON OPPONENTS DIAMOND | 5/4/1937 | See Source »

...twelve pictures in de Botton's first one-man show in the U. S. are notable for sinewy, flexible composition and color, a sort of high-spirited withdrawal from both cynicism and enthusiasm. Some of the small figures are minutely painted but faces seem to bore him; they are indicated by a few haphazard strokes, or simply by highlights on forehead and chin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: For Pleasure | 5/3/1937 | See Source »

There are three hunting scenes, four nudes, two representations of square-rigged ships. Dream of a Child is a Santa Claus and horses vaguely limned in pink highlights. In Three-Masted Schooner, green and bronze hues on the sails seem to reflect light from both shore and sea. Most striking of the nudes depicts an olive-skinned brunette and a rosy blonde reclining in affectionate languor on a couch, the pink sands of the Mediterranean gleaming through a window, a pink curtain blowing across a table, a statuet of a man on a pedestal in the background...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: For Pleasure | 5/3/1937 | See Source »

...adapted by A. E. Thomas from a Don Marquis play, Good Old Soak is a minor vehicle for Actor Beery's Piltdown pathos and the efforts of a supporting cast which somehow seem even below MGM's post-Thalberg standard. Typical shot: Beery rubbing his nose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: May 3, 1937 | 5/3/1937 | See Source »

...daily drawing, Seem Stars, appears daily in hundreds of newspapers. His Stars are all movieland heroes and heroines, but Feg could turn his spotlight on his own family for some stars. His father Dr. A. T. Murray, was head of the Greek department of Stanford University for 40 years. His brother, Robert Murray, was National Clay Courts Tennis Champion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Star Gazer | 5/1/1937 | See Source »

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