Word: six
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...seven months President Hoover had sought an able U. S. District Attorney for Southern Florida. In that State are two Republican factions: one, now dominant, led by National Committeeman Glenn B. Skipper; the other, by George Bean. One after another six candidates recommended by the Skipper group were offered the President for this appointment, only to be weighed by the Department of Justice and found wanting...
...Harvard University polo team defeated the Danvers Riding Club in an unofficial game played yesterday afternoon at Danvers by the score of 11 to 4. Captain E. T. Gerry '31 was the star of the contest, accounting for six of his team's goals. H. I. Nicholas, Jr. '30 scored two, as did A. L. Castle, Jr. '32. Crispin Cooke '32, captain of last year's Freshman team made the last of the Harvard goals...
...extremely rare piece of the collection is a group of 36 pages from the manuscript of "Pendennis," entirely in the hand-writing of its author, Thackeray. One page contains three original sketches, labeled "George Washington," "General Bonaparte," and one unnamed. There are six original rough and traced sketches, in pencil and pen and ink, of illustrations to "Pendennis," all by Thackeray...
Next week will see a new influx of plays to Boston to replace the six closing this Saturday. Prominent among them will be "The Perfect Alibi", one of the few detective plays that had a really extended run on New York stages last season. A. A. Milne is the author and succeeds in constructing a well-knit and logical mystery story in his first venture into a new genre of writing. In the company are Vivian Tobin, Richie Ling, and Harry Beresford, as well as the complete supporting cast from the New York showing. "The Perfect Alibi" will open...
...only way a star can keep going is by working hard all the time, and never stopping," he said. "Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne never cease working, even when they are preparing a play six months in advance. They are my ideal of two real, genuine artists...