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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tried to make amends by explaining that times had changed; but that old room, said he, "was so small it had a digest phone book, the calendar on the wall showed only half a day, the ceiling was so low that if you ordered a three-decker sandwich, the waiter brought one deck at a time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 25, 1939 | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

...more original; several Cole Porter shows have had wittier lyrics, catchier tunes. But as a splendiferous version of regulation musicomedy Du Barry Was a Lady is all there. Its costumes are gorgeous, its goings-on boisterous. Its wit is almost nil, but its wisecracks are raw as a cannibal sandwich, suggestive as a red light burning in the hall. Bert Lahr is at his best-which is good enough. Ethel Merman is at her best -which is tops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Musical in Manhattan: Dec. 18, 1939 | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

Henry F. Dunbar '42, Sandwich, Mass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Honorary Scholarships Are Awarded To 101 High Ranking Undergraduates | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

...PEACE Record Sandwich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR & PEACE: Record Sandwich | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

...most extraordinary and most typically British characters that Alice met on the other side of the looking glass was the White Knight. To be prepared for "everything" he carried not only tin armor and a helmet, but also a sandwich box, a mousetrap, fire-irons, carrots, a beehive; and his horse was equipped with anti-sharkbite anklets. Great Britain was last week compared to the White Knight by more than one Briton, and the parallel was just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Wolf! Wolf! | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

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