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...each case, unheralded assistance came to the rescue. John Jackenfeld was the unexpected victor in the 100 and 220 events after earlier running a surprisingly strong anchor lap to cinch Harvard'swin in the sprint relays. Another lucky break for the Crimson was the unlooked-for performance of newcomer Henry Haggerty, who finished third in both the 220 and quarter-mile...

Author: By Thomas A.J. Mcginn, | Title: Trackmen Surprise Brown, Dartmouth | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

Death of a Highbrow, by Frank Swin-nerton. The surviving member of a pair of old literary feudists is led, by his antagonist's death, to some uncomfortable conclusions about his own life. One of the best novels of an older English writer whose work is too little appreciated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Jul. 13, 1962 | 7/13/1962 | See Source »

Death of a Highbrow, by Frank Swin-nerton. The surviving member of a pair of old literary feudists is led, by his antagonist's death, to some uncomfortable conclusions about his own life. One of the best novels of a writer whose work is too little appreciated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Cinema: Jun. 22, 1962 | 6/22/1962 | See Source »

Intensely distrustful of emotionalism and romancing, Hopkins called Swin burne's verses about children "blethery bathos"; and when William Butler Yeats wrote an allegory about a man and a sphinx conversing on a rock in the sea, Hopkins asked coldly: "How did they get there? What did they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Poet's Poet | 8/14/1944 | See Source »

...swing town, has Duke Ellington at the Roseland and Jack Teagarden at the Raymor tonight, Woody Herman and Harry James in a battle of swing at the Roseland tomorrow, and Basie at the Southland . . . Not generally known, but still true is the Anglo-Saxon word for music: "swin(g)" . . . Word slips through from New York that Teddy Wilson's new band will open at the Famous Door late in April; and that Bud Freeman is going to take a mixed band into one of the night spots. A grand idea:--Goodman started the breakdown of the Jim Crow traditions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swing | 3/17/1939 | See Source »

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