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...year-old socialite who sometimes sings in nightclubs and is the daughter of Oilman James Andrew Moffett, filed a bankruptcy petition in Manhattan. Listing liabilities of $9,961 and assets of $1,800 (including two Sealyham dogs valued at $200), she blamed her financial distress on a spending spree. Said she: "I guess I was too fond of buying clothes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, May 2, 1938 | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

With Bubert on a scoring spree that netted 23 points, the Gold-coasters finished up in a blaze of glory yesterday afternoon as they ran rings around a Rambler quintet in a 43 to 9 victory and thereby annexed the intra-mural basketball championship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: News from the Houses | 2/26/1938 | See Source »

...best played contests of the year saw the Lowell quintet widen a two point lead at half time to ten points, as Ralph Murphy pivot shot artist, chalked up eight points in a second half scoring spree. Paced by Shapiro and Kalman, the Ramblers took Leverett despite the efforts of Dick Dawes, substitute guard, who scored ten points for the losers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ADAMS, WINTHROP WIN AGAIN IN BASKETBALL | 2/16/1938 | See Source »

...clock on November 13, Yale kicked off. In six minutes the invaders scored when Seamans made a touchdown and a goal. Shortly afterwards he kicked another one, and the scoring spree...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Tallied Technical Knockout Over Elis in Historic Opening Clash | 11/20/1937 | See Source »

...Vagabond has relatives. Two in particular. These two are gentlemen: one second cousin on his mother's side and an uncle-by-marriage. Three weeks ago they assailed the Vagabond's serenity (at that time he was tasting the wicked but delectable fruits of a class-cutting spree) by sending him letters on the same day. Each letter demanded in slightly officious terms, peculiar to the writing of middle-aged college men, that he obtain a ticket to the Harvard-Yale game for "your loving Cousin Arthur" and for "your ever-faithful Uncle Henry, as a favor for which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 11/20/1937 | See Source »

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