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Eliot House won the only game on yesterday's intramural schedule by shutting out the Lowell hockey team, 3 to 0, at the Boston Skating Club. The victory helped the Elephants tighten their grip on first place in the House loop...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot Six Downs Lowell, 3-0 | 2/16/1952 | See Source »

...Outdoor Overture," written in 1938 for New York's High School of Music and Arts, is about four minutes too long. The middle section lags considerably, and perhaps Mr. Copland will someday see fit to tighten up this otherwise intriguing composition. The orchestra, for the most part, did full justice to the music. Only the brass section, no longer bolstered by Conservatory students, seemed rather weak; it frequently played too loud, and was not always...

Author: By Lawrence R. Casler, | Title: The Music Box | 11/19/1951 | See Source »

...wore leaf-clothes, or lava-lavas . . . They swayed about, clapped their hands, shoulders, legs." Later, Adams was introduced to a local version of the striptease called the pai-pai: "In the pai-pai, the women let their lava-lavas . . . or siapas seem about to fall. The dancer pretends to tighten it, but only opens it so as to show a little more thigh, and fastens it again so low as to show a little more hip. Always turning about and moving with the chorus, she repeats this process . . . showing more legs and hips every time, until the siapa barely hangs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: After Us the Deluge | 11/12/1951 | See Source »

...Stars (Fri. 9 p.m., CBS-TV), another big-budget TV drama, concentrates on top Hollywood & Broadway names. So far, the star system has backfired: the talents of Helen Hayes and David Niven were wasted in a soggy romance called Not a Chance, while Cinemactor John Payne had only to tighten his jaw muscles menacingly as the Government agent in The Name Is Bellingham, a routine thriller about dope smugglers. But Bellingham was noteworthy for imaginative camerawork, some nice atmosphere touches, and the repeated scene-stealing of minor Actor Guy Thomajon as a devious Chinese businessman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The New Shows | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

...between the Crimson scored more-and refused to fold. At halftime, after the Cadets had drawn to within one point (15 to 14) on the last play of the second period. Coach Lloyd Jordan sensed victory in the offing and told the varsity that if it didn't tighten up, it would win. And loose it stayed...

Author: By Richard B. Kline, | Title: Eleven Outshines Army in Stirring 22-21 Win | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

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