Word: witnessed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...think, the greatest come poet of the language, Sullivan was an accomplished composer, without compare in his particular field. Together they rose to heights that would have been unattainable for each single. Gilbert and Sullivan were the perfect union of sense and sound. Sullivan's music matches wit for wit, and gibe for gibe, with Gilbert's book and lyrics. There is not a note which is not in harmony with the spirit of the words; not a lyric or a verse which does not tell the story. In Gilbert and Sullivan you won't find any padding, stuffing...
...Firebrand" has been acclaimed by a majority of critics as the season's greatest comedy success on Broadway, and one which will appeal particularly to those who can appreciate subtle wit and sophisticated satire. Mr. Schwab, who was active in dramatic work while in college, will be the second Harvard alumnus to come to Boston this fall in the role of producer of director. Hamilton McFadden '21, director of Rafael Sabatini's "Carolinian", now playing at the Hollis Theatre, is the second...
...movement of a troop-train in Kiangsu, the statement of a General in Anhiwei, an editorial in Honan-news of this and that came down from the teeming provinces to Shanghai. In Shanghai, a theory developed, to wit...
...humor of the Lampoon is apparently infectious, for since Lampy's close association with the police last spring, the gentlemen of the force have shown signs of a perverted wit which is only to be attributed to their perusal of the comic magazine...
...these that the University team will be forced to show its mettle on October 16. In the 1923 Oxford-Harvard debate which the Englishmen won by so large a margin the English team showed an informality of delivery which was quite foreign to the Americans, and a wit which crackled and sparkled to the discomfiture of the Americans. "In the Garden of Eden all animals were given tails, but men were left to form their own conclusions. Our chief function in coming to America is to forge one more link in the chain binding Harvard and Oxford together, but above...