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Naturally, with the emphasis, as it is, on a novel setting, much of the success of the show depends on the realism of its staging. While latitude is graciously granted a Shakespearian company in dealing with the setting of a drama which has a twelfth century background, so commonplace a mode of transportation as an underground railway must come up to scratch in every way. It must be said, to the credit of the producers of the "Subway Express", that they have managed this feature of their presentation eminently satisfactorily...
...given for prospective teachers of the blind and workers among them and is designed to present in a short period a comprehensive survey of the field of work. It emphasizes the problems which arise in the teaching of children who have little or no eyesight and supplies the background that will dignify the subject in the teacher's mind...
This course, given for prospective teachers of the blind and workers among them is designed to present in a short time a comprehensive survey of the field of work. It emphasizes the problems which arise in the teaching of children who have little or no eyesight and supplies the background that will dignify the subject in the teacher's mind...
...genial contacts of politics attracted him. He served a year as a deputy county attorney, went to the Nebraska legislature for a term. His Omaha friends groomed him for Mayor, then decided to wait and run him for the House. They believe that with his western background and eastern connections he is just the sort of young politician who can be built up into a national figure. It was to those same friends last week that "Mac" Baldrige gave all credit for his nomination as an auspicious start on a large political career...
Distressed by the campaign's character, Candidate Sterling, no public speaker, kept in the background, let others do his stumping. He did try to explain the baths in his home: "It's true I built a house down on the bay. ... I had them build a bath for my children's room and there was one for my wife and me, and one for my wife's sister, and we built two guest rooms. ... I don't think there's anything so awful about having a home with bathrooms. ... I hope every citizen...