Word: plotting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...plot of "The Witches' Mountain" concerns the scheming and planning of three ranchmen to obtain the love of Inda, the daughter of a fellow ranchman. The story gradually works up to a powerful climax...
...Witches' Mountain" is a three-act "gaucho" drama laid on the wild slopes of the Andes. The action is for the most part fast and vigorous, and the play is colorful and strong in dramatic effect, depicting the self-reliant spirit of the gaucho. The plot concerns the scheming and planning of three ranchmen to obtain the love of Inda, the daughter of a fellow ranchman. The story gradually increases in intensity until it has worked up to a powerful climax...
...plot of "L'Ete de la Saint Martin" concerns the clever plan by which Adrienne, who has eloped with Briqueville's nephew and ward, Noel, against his uncle's will, steals his heart and wins his forgiveness. The cast is as follows: Briqueville, W. P. Scott '23 Noel, Y. H. Buhler 2G.B. Un Domestique, A. L. Steinert '22 Adrienne, Miss Francesca Braggiotti Madame Lebreton, Miss Berthe Braggiotti
...That they receive it from an undergraduate publication, is in itself no small achievement. The most pretentious work in this issue is Mr. Ludlam's "King of Dougal Court". Mr. Ludlam's choice of words is generally so good, and he is so skillful in the management of his plot, that we rarely feel inclined to remember that the story is not actually new. It is effective from an emotional standpoint, and not by any means bad prose. For description, Mr. Cleaves' account of a bull fight is vivid, and effective. For sheer nonsense, "Hicks the Half Back" is undeniably...
...Youngstown for only three months, having arrived there with a barrel of potatoes an his total assets, yet in that time he has built up the largest food business in the city. He discussed polities in his advertisements of cheaper onlong. If this sounds more like a musical comedy plot than an actual occurrence, his campaign methods will seem like pure farce. No one but his wife aided him in his campaign, his advertisements as a vegetable dealer were the only means by which he acquainted the citizens of his existence: a few days before the election he began holding...