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Word: acquited (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...affair shapes up as still another indication of the inability of high-ranking track officials to cope with unusual situations or to acquit themselves properly in the public eye. If the A.A.U. suspends Delany, its decision must be regarded as the epitome of fatuousness and misguided puritanism...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 3/20/1959 | See Source »

...well-observed and, at the end, even sympathetic piece of acting. Only one minor cavil could be raised: one or two of his lines cannot be understood. As the two policemen, William Gurton and Charles Potter are somewhat eclipsed by McKirdy's role and performance, but they nonetheless acquit themselves with credit...

Author: By Thomas K. Schwabacher, | Title: The Questioning of Nick and Miss Julie | 12/6/1957 | See Source »

...acquit themselves with as much if not more distinction than usual. Nearly all meet the basic requirements of Atlantic policy: "to concentrate the efforts of the best writers upon literature and politics, under the light of the highest morals...

Author: By Alfred FRIENDLY Jr., | Title: The Atlantic | 11/9/1957 | See Source »

...team looks at this moment, it should acquit itself well in Ivy competition, possibly even defeating Yale for the first time since 1934. The sophomores have the potential; whether or not they can realize it will make the difference between a good and a phenomenal season...

Author: By William C. Sigal, | Title: LINING THEM UP | 1/10/1957 | See Source »

...performers acquit themselves with varying degrees of success. Colgate Salsbury, in the mountainous title role, takes a rather original approach to his part. His Hamlet is not so much a melancholy Dane as strong hero caught in an overwhelming situation. This helps make fast-moving parts of the play more striking but tends to weaken the inward-turning soliloquies. Hamlet's towering intellect comes through, but the troubled depths behind it are not always apparent...

Author: By Thomas K. Schwabacher, | Title: Hamlet | 12/14/1956 | See Source »

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