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...Moffat Johnston, as the Count de Bardas, a villain who was nefarious with all Victorian thoroughness, played, his part well. He was an admirable snake in the grass with a most gracious smile for his puppets and a devastating frown for his enemies. In the midst of prodigious excitement and complication he seemed to keep a very clear head and came within an ace of being the victor. The comedy element in the guise of Sieur de Beringhen, Gordon Hart, was effective in spite of the fact that his elongated person did not particularly suggest a gourmand. Ernest Rowan...

Author: By H. B., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 3/25/1930 | See Source »

...stand up?" screamed Sharkey. "I can't Jack-you hit me low." Having made sure that Scott would not go on, Magnolia raised Sharkey's hand and gave him the fight, disqualifying Scott for refusing to fight. Said Gene Tunney, a spectator, "Scott quit." Said loquacious James Johnston, manager of Scott and friend of Manhattan's Mayor Walker: "First they send Sharkey to his corner for fouling my boy, and then they take the fight away and give it to Sharkey. What am I up against? . . ." Said Referee Magnolia: "If Johnston makes any of his accusations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Sharkey v. Scott | 3/10/1930 | See Source »

...significance of this blatant commercialism only Reporter Alva Johnston of the New York Herald Tribune discerned. Other reporters contented themselves with chiropractic publicity "handouts." Commendably intelligent, he made stenographic notes of the speeches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Business, Dull for 20,000 | 2/17/1930 | See Source »

...clock this morning, the West Point Cadets will form military array on Cambridge Street heading east. The parade will follow Cambridge Street to Soldiers Field Road, where it will turn left to Anderson Bridge; cross the bridge and follow Boylston Street to the Yard by way of Johnston Gate, opposite the Unitarian Church. At this point the companies will be dismissed for luncheon, in two groups...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CADET COHORTS ARRIVE IN CAMBRIDGE FOR GAME | 10/19/1929 | See Source »

Some men lately pictured in TIME: Sweden's Trygger, J. J. Tunney, Edwin Foster Lowry, Henry Byron Warner, Sir John Chancellor, Kentucky's Rev. Settle, Gus Orvel Nations, Felix Warburg, Crown Prince Umberto, Joseph Denis Murphy, Jimmy Johnston. Alfonso of Spain, Milwaukee's Younggreen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 14, 1929 | 10/14/1929 | See Source »

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