Word: though
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...about his business during the rest of the week with the air of a man determined to make the best of a difficult world. He reminded reporters gathered for his weekly press conference that it was his 200th formal meeting with them. He liked press conferences, he said, and though he occasionally got annoyed with their bosses, he thought most of the assembled newsmen were eminently fair...
...first half was a good fight, though. The Crimson scored first after a 50 yard march, on a short buck by Jerry Blitz, who was a workhorse all afternoon...
Blaik has had to do nothing to bolster his offensive team. It has a great first unit and excellent reserves, so excellent that though fullback Gil Stephenson indulged in but two plays against Michigan, his presence was not particularly missed. We can compare this with a Harvard team without Howie Houston--as was the case at Columbia--and come to a horrifying conclusion...
...Bing isn't taking the tale seriously is disquieting. The doings of schoolmaster Ichabod Crane are tailored to fit Crosby rather than Irving; that is probably why much of the charm of the first episode is missing in this one. There is enough left over to make good entertainment, though...
...product "Regina." The play deals with a decadent, bickering Southern family which breaks to pieces over an unscrupulous money deal. The composer has worked into this a ball with many Southern belles and several appearances of singing and playing Negroes. In general the music effectively increases the tension, though, with a lack of variation in the first act which is exasperating. Many of the arias, particularly those of the sweet, flighty Birdie, are genuine mood pieces, effectively incorporating devices for a Southern flavor. Yet the music lacks the consistency of, say, "Peter Grimes," so that the total effect...