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February 8, 1948

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OUR LADY BUFFOON; Nancy Walker as Clown Of New Musical Show

By Brooks Atkinson

DISMAL as the world may be as a whole, the theatre becomes increasingly cheerful. Among its current pleasures is the robustious comic acting of Nancy Walker in "Look, Ma, I'm Dancin'!" As Leonard Lyons pointed out the other day, she is the funniest lady buffoon since Fanny Brice crossed her eyes and looked grotesquely comic in songs and revue sketches on Broadway.

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PENN FIVE UPSETS CORNELL, 56 TO 54; Ithacans Suffer First League Setback and Fall From Tie With Columbia for Lead PENN FIVE UPSETS CORNELL, 56 TO 54

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

ITHACA, N.Y., Feb. 7 -- Pennsylvania sprang a major upset by defeating Cornell, 56 -- 54, before 9,000 spectators today to tumble the Ithacans from their first-place tie with Columbia in the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League. It was Cornell's first loss in four league contests.

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Notable Births

Dan Seals

1948Dan Seals, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)[โ€ ]

Danny Wayland Seals, also known as England Dan, was an American musician. The younger brother of Seals and Crofts member Jim Seals, he first gained fame as one half of the soft rock duo England Dan & John Ford Coley, who charted nine singles between 1976 and 1980, including the No.ย 2 Billboard Hot 100 hit "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight".