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...maddest and merriest household establishment ever on exhibition. By the adequate light of a firmament of stars, Frank Capra has depicted well the story of the Vanderhofs, with their fire-works, ballet-dancing, xylophones, and discus-throwers. His touch has provided healthy humor in abundance and a dash or so of moving drama. The picture fails, if at all, in being too long, occasionally too slow. It has departed at times from the moving picture formula of pictorial action in an attempt to gain nuance by drawn-out monologues and dialogues, which ordinarily succeed only when surcharged by the vitality...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 10/31/1938 | See Source »

Although the Deacons only captured three firsts to tie Lowell's three, they piled up enough points in second and third places to outdistance the Bellboys. Eliot took first honors in the 100 yard dash and the mile run to complete theroster of first places, complete the roster of first places...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deacons Triumph is House Track Meet, Tallying 46 1-2 Points to Lowell's 31 | 10/28/1938 | See Source »

Closest finish of the meet was in the final 80 yard dash, in which Yardlings Clark and Whitney pushed Stout to the tape. Clark also took a second in the low hurdles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mason, Mackinney, Stout, White Gain Majority Of First in Freshman Intramural Track Meet | 10/27/1938 | See Source »

Also on the House meet program are the 100-yard dash, a mile, a sprint relay of four 220-yard dashes, broad jump, shot put, and high jump. House League Football Standings Won Tied Lost Pts. Winthrop 3 0 1 6 Kirkland 3 0 1 6 Lowell 2 2 0 6 Adams 2 1 1 5 Dunster 2 0 2 4 Dudley 1 1 2 3 Leverett 0 1 3 1 Eliot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen, Inter-House Track Meets Scheduled for Wednesday, Thursday | 10/24/1938 | See Source »

...Juan Negrin announced he would go on the air at Barcelona, short-waving to the world. Punctually at the appointed hour Rightist bombers,. Rightist radio interference and Dr. Negrin all spoke up. As a broadcast the speech was ruined, but cables carried Dr. Negrin's words by dot & dash. The Leftist Premier, seeking to ward off a peace perhaps soon to be dictated to Spain by the Great Powers which dictated to Czechoslovakia, keynoted to the world public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Peace by Spontaneity? | 10/24/1938 | See Source »

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