Word: abbott
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lindsay & Grouse's libretto is quite primitive as satire, and rather shameless (three of those phone calls to President Truman that are beginning to outnumber, on Broadway, the old Eleanor Roosevelt gags), but it is breezy and good-natured. George Abbott's direction is pleasantly breezy too; and Jerome Robbins' light and stylish dances provide an airy contrast to Miss Merman's earthy charm...
Speaking for P.B.H., Warren J. Abbott '51 pointed out that there will be no priorities or reserved seats--all will be "rush." The rehearsals are scheduled for November 9, December 14, January 24, March 1, and April...
...Abbott L. Rotch built the institution in 1885, giving it to the University on his death in 1912. Its records can tell what the humidities in the area have been in any five-minute period since 1875, while another less detailed hand-written file goes back to 1892 for the New Bedford section. It was Blue Hill that recorded the highest wind velocity ever measured--271 m.p.h.--in April...
Last week the Canadian government upset the dope. Finance Minister Douglas Abbott, a plugger for free enterprise, managed to convince the cabinet that Canada should try the free-dollar theory, to unpeg her dollar altogether and let the price fluctuate according to the demand for Canadian funds...
James P. Curtin, a Somerville school teacher, will coach Dudley. Donald C. Ambuhl of Wabash, will coach Leverett; E. Abbott Johnson, of Colorado, Winthrop; and E. J. Wanamaker, of Princeton, Adams. The latter three are at the Business School...