Word: worthing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...entered in a walking race would feel himself in competition with a runner who passed him on his course. Mr. Ekins is to be congratulated that he circled the globe in 18 days, 14 hr. and 56 min. Mr. Kieran holds the distinction, for whatever it may be worth, of having circled the globe in the shortest time using only the facilities of established passenger service...
...dispatch box and observed like a true John Bull: "I don't think there was any Fascism in Italy before Communism began. The same thing was true of Germany. Force begot force, as it always does. In this country, thank God, these two forces are not worth that together!"-here Mr. Baldwin snapped his fingers. "A curious feature," he continued, "is that at this moment in England we are reversing the process of Italy and Germany, and the petty efforts of the Fascists are making Communists. We will take jolly good care that neither of them will take root...
...Gaels" of St. Mary's College showed the East little this year. They were squeezed out 7-to-6 by Jesuit Fordham fortnight ago, trounced 20-to-6 by Jesuit Marquette last week in Chicago. Meanwhile, back home in Oakland things were going even worse. Representing $819,000 worth of defaulted bonds, a committee of five investment bankers moved to foreclose every avail able scrap of St. Mary's property, including the funds accruing to the Galloping Gaels, who are their college's soundest asset...
Boats some of the most beautiful girls in town, to wit: "the eight dancing debutantes," who came directly to Boston from a year at the Hollywood in New York. Coley Worth's Orchestra with Hal Cutler, a fast moving review and a delightfully intimate atmosphere explainwhy the Blue Room has always been a favorite nocturnal rendezvous for Harvard...
...work consists of a cycle of six songs, symphonically treated, which are really Chinese lyrics from the eighth century translated into the German and freely adapted by the composer. Although uneven in its quality, "Das Lied von der Erde" is certainly at least near-great and is well worth hearing for it is infrequently given. Mozart's Symphony in E flat, No. 26, is also to be played. It has three movements and was composed in 1773 when Mozart was 17 years old. The third work to be porformed is "Cimarosiana", a suite by Malipiero based on the music...