Word: would
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...collected, but the University authorities soon put a stop to such activities with the declaration that Harvard had a greater need for academic building development. The question was virtually dropped for more than a decade, but then Harvard's crying need once again broke into top-column print. It would require the services of a veritable Philo Vance to disclose the identity of those who have not only brought the problem of a new athletic building to the fore once again, but also cinched the completion of such a structure at Harvard...
...that date. The plot was thickening; Mr. Bingham could not well afford to loose such generous gifts to the University and immediately asked the original "anonymous alumnus" for permission to finish $700,000 worth of the proposed plant. The request was granted. It soon became obvious, however, that it would be impractical to carry on the work only this far, owing to certain engineering difficulties. To fall down at this point would mean Harvard's loss of this much-needed building. Negotiations between the H. A. A. and the College authorities followed; it was decided to draw upon the reserve...
...manifestoes. Determined to be quite judicial about everything, Mr. Lasky confessed that, in the quaint old days of the silent films, the screen producers were inclined to be a bit imitative. A successful underworld film meant a lengthy series of cops-and-robbers melodramas, and, one popular, mystery play would bring about a brood of sleuth narratives. Now, he proclaimed, the period of such foolishness has ended and the coming of the talking picture means the era of freshness and individuality in film making...
...curtain speech before the performance on the opening night the directress of the production explained that the stilted acting and formal speech throughout would in all probability seem strange and exaggerated, but that in reality it was only very slightly overdone. It may be that she was correct in her statement, but it seemed to us that there was a very noticeable emphasis on the sweeping gestures which was being put on for effect almost entirely. The effect was produced and had a very happy result as far as this reviewer was concerned at least. It was unquestionably amusing...
...wonder Firpo Greene postponed the taking of the Yale Football picture for six weeks after the game in the event of the non-return of the old fence. Without some sort of support it would certainly be at least six weeks before the team could stand up for a picture after the results of this afternoon's contest...