Word: zestful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Barry Lupino in the part of Gonzorgo, the hardhearted ruffian, is very good. He adds a zest and spirit that would put many modern revue comedians in a shadow. Nor is Mr. Lupino the single outstanding figure in the cast. All of the parts are exceptionally well handled, so well in fact that the patronizing attitude with which most revivals are received is entirely unnecessary here. The amous March of the Toys is one of the most satisfying ensemble pieces that has appeared in Boston in a long time. If one is in a whimsical, Alice in Wonder and mood...
...people, to whom he delivers a set speech. He used it upon the Senate pages at their Christmas dinner. Last fortnight he wrote it out for publication in the Yale News. Excerpts: "Never have opportunities so crowded themselves upon youth. . . . Youth is at a high premium; its courage and zest is its priceless asset. . . . National prosperity rests upon the quality of leadership developed and sponsored in youth-the leaders of tomorrow...
...high and rugged mountain region, combined with numerous experiences in camp and along the trail, was the lot of the members of the Harvard Summer School of Field Geology during June and July of last year. To the customary work of the field geologists was added the zest of mountain climbing and the photographing of wild animals, as the region selected for the annual trip of the Department of Geology was in Jasper and Robson National Parks in Alberta and British Columbia. This portion of the Canadian Rocky mountains has recently been made fairly accessible from the main line...
...departure of the first volume of the Harvard Tercentennial History from all literary tradition in actually being the last in chronological order will do much to make its popularity instantaneous. While posterity may have the better perspective, as Professor Morison, editor of the series, says, there is an added zest for the scholar in writing about his own times and for the University public in reading about its own self. A summary of the varied trends which in the near past have contributed to the Harvard of the present correlates the ambiguity of tradition and the existence of isolated events...