Word: seene
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...from it, the Bard has his ups & downs on Broadway. He starts off with the box-office liability of being highbrow, with the box-office asset of commanding a small but steady audience made up largely of: 1) cultists -the kind of people who (depending on their age) have seen every Hamlet from Booth's, or Forbes-Robertson's, or Barrymore's, to Maurice Evans'; 2) seekers after the "worthwhile," who dutifully imbibe Shakespeare as they swallow Beethoven and spinach; 3) school children, offspring...
Professor Buros' harrowing adventures began even before he had got his book to press. Most tests are marketed by commercial publishers, yield handsome profits to publishers and authors. When they had seen pre-publication copies of his book, some publishers began to appeal to Mr. Buros "in the name of common decency" to stop the presses. A distraught publisher: "Now, Oscar! Is this sporting? . . . During my four years of service in the United States Marine Corps and later during my service . . . with the A. E. F., it never occurred to me that I would ever be called upon...
...squad will be limited to ten men on its first overnight trip to of the season, and Lee Bird, Franny Simpson, Jack Penson, Bob James, and Joe Romano got the call to act as reserves. Simpson and Bird have so far seen little service, but the other three have alternated with Rothschild, Finegan, and Buckley in all three gams...
Have you ever seen a runner in the last lap, racing for the tape? Doesn't look very happy, does he? And he probably isn't able to think of much else besides getting to the finish. This analogy fits the "stiff" dance band exactly. Guys who play in them are so busy trying to drive ahead and stay ahead of the beat that their ideas become stereotyped, and cold. They can't think of anything decent because in back of them all this time, there is this terrific push that doesn't let them phrase, or even pause...
Rusty Greenhood is favored to take the dive against Chef Sagenhahn and George Dana. Last Year's leader and League champion has been seen around the pool three times a week for several months. His diving-mate will be Roulding Burbank '28, who last year sent the spectators and himself into convulsions with his horizontal entries...