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...direction seemed a little weak on opening night but the director, Gerald Savory, had been somewhat hampered by what looks like an unnecessarily small set for Acts One and Two. Things run smoother in Act Three. The play has not been...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: The Playgoer | 11/26/1948 | See Source »

...college has spawned a successor, called in this more dignified era, the Harvardians. In keeping with its name, the newer group is smoother and more suave than were the hell-for-leather Gold Coasters. Many of the old jump arrangements saved from former times by Harvardian trumpeter, George Springer, whose career started back in the Randloph days, have been regretfully left in their covers, apparently unwanted by the jaded dancers of the late forties. The musicians have had to work off their excess energy on fast waltzes, rumbas and sambas. Answering the current demand for gentility in dance music, leader...

Author: By Robert N. Ganz, | Title: Dance Bands | 11/10/1948 | See Source »

Complimenting last year's Council for its work despite the difficulties of a new constitution and a new Dean, Bender concluded with a prediction that this year would be "much smoother and easier...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bender Asks Council Action On Student Rights at Initial Meeting | 9/28/1948 | See Source »

...congress screamed to an end, the proCommunists introduced a resolution blaming the Western powers for provoking war. Some of the Western delegates would not vote for it. Feather-Smoother Ehrenburg snarled: "Idiots! Imbeciles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IDEOLOGIES: The Delights of Intellectuality | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

Young's Way. Passengers needed little selling. The practically smokeless diesels provide a cleaner, smoother ride than steam. And railroads found that the high initial cost of diesels (the $600,000 is twice that of a steam engine) is offset by more efficient use of fuel, fewer layups, lower repair costs and less roadbed damage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Switch | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

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