Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Loath to see their life work consumed in the fire which some seem to regard as almost inevitable, many faculty men have field duplicates of theses, field reports, and books at less inflammable spots in Cambridge...
Wellesley's Seniors seem to have taken the lead in the Leap Year rush. At their annual prom Saturday night, the Dance Committee presented each girl with a ring, hoping that, with the ring already purchased, the last reservations of the male would be overcome. A frocked minister was conspicuous...
...Florida Coast. Warner Baxter, who contributes perhaps the finest performance of his career in this picture, makes Dr. Mudd the epitome of suffering humanity. The story, ably and imaginatively directed by John Ford, is told in such a simple, straightforward manner that the somewhat fantastic melodramatic details rarely seem exaggerated, and always are powerfully moving...
...would seem then that an earth tremor sufficiently violent to cause these supporting beams to slip out of their slings would be all that is required to detach the floors and precipitate glass flowers, meteorites, and pale-ontological exhibits into the basement. In any case Geology students working in the Museum have long been advised to depart from the promises at the first rumblings...
Astaire's dancing doesn't seem quite as ingenious as it has been. To be sure, he gives orders to the crew by the eloquent beat of his soles, but somehow this curious achievement is not so impressive as some of the former antics of his flickering, flashing feet. What is lacking in quality, however, is there in quality. Astaire's solos are "We Saw the Sea" and "I'd Rather Lead a Rand"; Ginger's; "Let Yourself Go". Together they frolic about in "All My Eggs in One Basket" and "Let's Face the Music". Another disconcerting fact...