Word: strainings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Mister Jefferson Lord, Play that 'barber shop chord, That soothing harmony; It makes an awful, awful hit with me. Play that strain, just to please me, again. 'Cause, mister, when yon start that 'minor part I feel your finger slipping and gripping at my heart. Oh, Lord, play that barber shop chord...
...discreet bribing of a radical deputy to a murder committed by a perverse bookbinder. The only theme linking the unrelated incidents and careers was the threat of a general European war which, looming large in the consciousness of more farsighted characters, filled them with a sense of urgency and strain...
...Groton graduates, like their friends from Milton, Andover, and St. Paul's, are unable at present to keep up with their more fortunate classmates who find that waiting in the Union gives them not only enough money for College expenses but for making good their pledges. Apparently, the financial strain of club bills which average at least $30 a month, of liquor and amusement appropriations, and of gasoline and car expenses leave many of these men without even a stray dollar in their pockets...
...lady next to us grew so hysterical at "The Irish in Us" that her husband had to take her home. Since our constitutions withstood not only the strain of her predicament but also the antics of Jimmy Cagney, however, we think you may attend a performance without danger to your health...
Upon final publication of the Committee's report in March, Brooks House announced its decision that since the strain of the commuters was curtailing its social service work it would cease to be a headquarters for the commuters, thus leaving the issue squarely between the University and the day students. The report listed Hemenway Gymnasium and the Fifty-Four Club as suggestions and stated that 220 day students were willing to pay a maintenance...