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...subject of Africa so frequently and so badly that cinemaddicts might be excused for believing that the whole terrain must be at once less worthy of attention and more thoroughly photographed than any other place on earth, outside of Hollywood. One certain effect of Dark Rapture will be to shatter this conviction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Oct. 17, 1938 | 10/17/1938 | See Source »

...dangerous Princeton swimming squad will attempt to shatter the Crimson Varsity's winning streak tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the Indoor Athletic Building pool, before a capacity crowd...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BENGALS OFFER FIRST THREAT TO SWIMMERS | 3/5/1938 | See Source »

Deadlocked in second place are the elevens of Kirkland and Lowell. The former are the only undefeated outfit in the league, while the latter last week trounced Eliot by 21-0 to shatter the Elephants' undefeated dreams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House News | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

...Johnson. After eight years in his highly speculative business. Promoter Johnson had sold his rodeo livestock, equipment and Garden contracts, (New York and Boston), retired to devote all his time to his three great ranches in Texas. His former roaring, rollicking exhibition, however, went right on last week to shatter last year's attendance records...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Broadway Rodeo | 10/18/1937 | See Source »

...finished his last coaxing round and has jingled off into the night's vastness, Everywhere is the atmosphere of study. But in Lowell House tower there is a stirring. No lights, but a sinister, dark figure outlined vaguely against the open window. Someone sneaking up there to shatter the silence of a pre-exam night by jazzing those mad Russian bells? No. A quiet retreat wherein to grind out a futile string of oaths to help relieve the jitters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crime | 6/14/1937 | See Source »

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