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...talk: "If there is any truth in it, it will show up Saturday. ... If we lose, I'll be ashamed of all of you." When the Southern California squad arrived at Pittsburgh for the biggest intersectional game of the week, a sports-page headline said: FILM CUTIES' TOY TROJANS ARRIVE...
Starting next week Harvard's artillery men may be seen crouched over strange looking flame-vomiting instruments and bowling over toy houses hundreds of feet away...
...away from home one day when the youngster decided to surprise her with a startling new scene for his toy theatre. When she returned, her appreciation of his efforts was so great she spared the rod and did not even scold the boy when she discovered that much of its beauty was due to the fact that he'd cut up her lovely silver evening gown. She is a talented musician and many an hour was spent at the piano playing for him while he worked away at his scenes...
Saying that in the past The Critic was merely a toy for the young men of Harvard who had strong Communist feelings, Cherington pointed out that the Critic's now deal was to be in the form of running the paper as a voice for all who desired to express their opinions. It will be put out on a non-partisan basis with an eye to giving anyone a chance to write for it who has determined convictions and desires to have the public hear about them...
...belly, on his back? How fast does he master the sitting posture, learn to creep, to crawl? What are the exact mechanics of his methods of locomotion? How well, at successive ages, can he stand (with help), climb stairs (with help)? What does he do when tempted by toy "lures" beyond his reach? The cameras ground away, and in the Atlas every movement of hands, arms, legs, feet, heads, posteriors is described in formal and scientifically pompous language. Eight paragraphs are required to detail one stair-climbing sequence lasting...