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Word: sullivans (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Humor was not absent from the Court of Claims last week. When a particularly preposterous family tree had been reeled off in its entirety, the eminent King's counsel, Gavin Turnbull Simonds, observed with a discreet cough-quite as in Gilbert & Sullivan- "I fancy we have run into a bar sinister somewhere here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Court of Claims | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

...Meyer. Army linemen saw to it that Navy's ace dropkicker, Bill Ingram, never got where he could perform his specialty. Late in the last quarter, the break of the game came when, climaxing a Navy march of 50 yards, Ingram passed to Fike and Army's Sullivan, trying to abort what looked like a touchdown, spoiled the play by bowling into Fike. The field judge ruled interference, gave Navy the ball on Army's 3-yd. line. With four downs to put it over, Navy's Sneed Schmidt smashed through on the third. Ingram kicked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Football, Dec. 7, 1936 | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

Only Gilbert and Sullivan could do justice to England's royal marry-go-round. In the center ring the emperor of one sixth of the world kneels before a twice-divorced charmer from the southland, while on either side the lords temporal and spiritual beat their breasts in dismay, the American press makes the cables blush, and there is distinct teeth gnashing in the orchestra pit. Last week the Communist Party investigated reports that Mrs. Simpson was pro-fascist, but the situation is losing its farcical nature, and certain events show that England's ruling class is profoundly disturbed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VENUS TAKES THE SCEPTRE | 12/2/1936 | See Source »

Tarzan Escapes (Metro -Goldwyn-Mayer) has one striking difference from its predecessor, Tarzan and His Mate, Mate Maureen O'Sullivan, who once frolicked through the jungle almost nude, now wears a tunic far more modest than most bathing suits. Despite the Legion of Decency, however, Tarzan's mate is still "Miss Jane Parker" to the whites who journey into Africa to find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Garden of Allah | 11/30/1936 | See Source »

John H. Burns '37 is now in the creative throes of preparing "The Christmas Sparrow," alias "Double or Nothing," which is based on Dickens's immortal Christmas play; while Irving G. Fine '37, accompanist for the Glee Club, is composing music somewhat more complicated than the Gilbert and Sullivan variety. The score is said to contain not only tricky rhythmic figures, but also more than a few dissonances in the modern manner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: News from the Houses | 11/28/1936 | See Source »

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