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...Gardner certainly should resent the imputation that he is a tax dodger . . . Those who so accuse him show a woeful lack of understanding of why Congress sanctions tax exemptions on incomes earned within the island...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 31, 1949 | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

Pass defense is another department in which the Blue has shown a woeful ineptitude throughout the season. Columbia and Dartmouth pierced Yale's secondary to great advantage, and Princeton had considerable success passing...

Author: By Yale News and Lee GRIGGS Sports writer, S | Title: Injuries In Backfield Weaken Yale Squad; First-String Line Can Start | 11/20/1948 | See Source »

...scenes, unpleasant characters, and woeful, middle-aged men are plentiful in American cinema. There is some excellent photography on our screen; there is a little good writing which penetrates the West Coast hierarchy of editorial stupidity. Where "Panic" is exciting is in the mixture of completely repulsive characters with clever situation. You cannot like any of the people of "Panic"; yet the whole production is not only a first-rate thriller but a carefully balanced and superbly executed piece...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 2/14/1948 | See Source »

Crimson property in the Simmons sight-unseen date auction last night came off a woeful third to Tafts and M.L.T. entries as Senior Chuck Bilbeldt sold for $6.50 and the other two for $12.00 and $7.00, respectively. Simmons offered an apologias, however, stating that Hilboldt went on the blook first, before we reality got excited...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sinmous Doubts Date Value | 10/24/1947 | See Source »

...every department of play except shooting, where the Varsity had woeful luck in the first half, the Barclay team showed considerable improvement. Leo Page was especially alert on rebounds off the Crimson backboard, following his shots aggressively, and Bill Henry and Bill Harford were steady guards...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Crimson Basketeers Subdue Stubborn Brown Five, 53-40 | 1/9/1947 | See Source »

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