Word: bert
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Outside the Hotel Metropole in the Rue Paul Bert people were quieter as they studied the news from Korea on the Agence de Presse bulletin board. Little Vietnamese men stood wooden-faced in their sharp suits and pearl grey fedoras, their Parker 51s and antimagnetic, shockproof Swiss wrist watches. They were observing the West's humbling with a terrified, frozen-faced satisfaction; their Western watches are the fancy kind which tell the days of the month, the phases of the moon. As everybody in Hanoi knows, the next full moon occurs...
Several boatleads of 150 oarsmen and a crop of freshmen also work out each day under Bert Haines and Harvey Love, respectively...
...this particular movie the composing team portrayed is Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby of Tin Pan Alley fame. The stars are Fred Astaire and Red Skelton. Astaire provides the usual amount of softshoe and tap dancing at which he is still very adept, but Skelton is not as funny as usual. Since there is virtually no plot, your reaction to the film depends upon how well you like the songs and Astaire's dancing. To me, Astaire's light-footed work on the boards and his casual acting and singing make any picture he is in worth seeing...
...fastest magazine printing operation extant. Although this space is inadequate for a thorough account of our printing operation, the pictures and the text below may serve to give you a glimpse of the inky realm of teletype, stereotype and logotype. These photographs were taken from a movie made by Bert Chapman, Manager of Production Operations for TIME, on a recent trip to one of our plants. The movie's purpose: to show our editorial and advertising departments what happens to copy after it gets in the hands of the printer...
...Coach Bert Haines varsity fifties are out to avenge the two and one-half length defeat they suffered at the hands of the Yale varsity last week. This week's time trials have shown improvement, and the fact that the race is on their home course should give the Crimson oarsmen a chance for an upset...