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Word: pairing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1950
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...pair of out-of-season athletes almost beat the varsity. Morris put football end Frank Mahoney and high-jumper Zeke Creswell on John Rockwell and Ed Smith, and the brilliant guarding of the fast Bruins held the varsity to an 18 point first half...

Author: By Paul W. Mandel, | Title: Quintet Edges Brown by One Point | 1/17/1950 | See Source »

...should be eliminated from society. There is no one like Fields: eating an ice cream soda ("This scene was supposed to be in a bar"), cheating small children, causing old women to faint and then accusing them of drunkenness, short-changing rubes--he is as ever in this latest pair of revivals...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 1/17/1950 | See Source »

...harassed producers of these movies have managed to dilute the pure essence somewhat by inserting Edgar Bergen and his pair of painful mannequins in "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man." They even gave Charley McCarthy, who is rivalled as the screen's biggest pain only by Margaret O'Brien, equal billing and yards of film. But all this merely sharpens the edge of the master's humor. Surrounded by his perennial stooges, Fields shuffles and mumbles in the role of Larsen E. Whipsnade, bankrupt circus owner, following the fast buck and followed by the sheriff...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 1/17/1950 | See Source »

...Sucker an Even Break" is not so marred by interlopers. There are a few child stars involved, but they get the worst of it: faced with the necessity of allowing a small girl to sing. Fields surrounds her with stagehands and a director with a whistle, and sends a pair of actors in German uniforms goose-stepping back and forth in front of her. Even her highest notes are lost in the resulting chaos...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 1/17/1950 | See Source »

Brown boasts an impressive season's record of five victories in seven games, including a pair of easy triumphs over MIT. Most consistent scorer for the Bruin yearlings has been Captain John Solio, who has averaged 14.5 points per game. He is a former high school teammate and close friend of Captain Dick Lionette of the Yardling five...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bruins Next for Yard Five After 56-48 Green Win | 1/16/1950 | See Source »

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