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Vag tried not to resent the whole thing, like a good soldier. After all, he thought, what could you expect with a military man running the whole set-up? It was probably the efficient method. And perhaps this was the way to handle veterans; hit 'em with a crisp military...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 1/24/1947 | See Source »

Harvardmen accustomed to sneering at their sisters across the Common had better think twice this week, for the Radcliffe Idler is giving a performance which from every possible dramatic viewpoint dwarfs the HDC's recent efforts into supreme insignificance. Why J. M. Synge's "The Tinker's Wedding" had never...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 5/11/1946 | See Source »

Scarlet Street (Diana Productions-Universal) is an ambitious melodrama bristling with fine directorial touches and expert acting. Its trouble is its painfully obvious story. Producer-Director Fritz Lang, frankly trying to repeat the success he had with The Woman in the Window, has used all the stock props of rough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jan. 21, 1946 | 1/21/1946 | See Source »

Hutchins himself is thoroughly gracious, a towering and handsome figure who speaks with distinct self-assurance. One who has been conditioned by descriptions of a sneering cynic finds himself very pleasantly surprised. And while the mellow trimmings to American education are every collegiate's joy, there is good reason to...

Author: By Seaman FIRST Class and Selig S. Harrison, (SPECIAL TO THE HARVARD SERVICE NEWS)S | Title: Too Little And Too Late, Remarks Hutchins On Harvard's General Education Scheme | 12/7/1945 | See Source »

The neighborhood toughs greeted the new vicar of St. Luke's Episcopal Chapel with sneering hostility. They tried to frighten him off the sidewalks with raucous taunts about his celibacy. They hooted at the black cassock and big wooden cross he always wore as a member of the Society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Vicar of St. Luke's | 4/16/1945 | See Source »

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