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Word: acted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bruce Friedman '50 and Dan Pierce '49, arguing the affirmative for Harvard, contended that a civil rights act was necessary from a moral point of view. They asserted that in allowing discrimination on racial and religious grounds to exist, the United States left itself wide open for criticism of its form of democracy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debating Council Fails BC Test on Civil Rights Issue | 2/12/1949 | See Source »

...retort Friedman and Pierce claimed that there was no evidence to show that a civil rights act was either unconstitutional or impractical...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debating Council Fails BC Test on Civil Rights Issue | 2/12/1949 | See Source »

...performance of Miss Bergman, very little can be said; the few incidents in which the camera allowed her to act were marred for this observer by recognition of some familiar acting tricks which she has used too repeatedly to be now excusable. My firm belief that Miss Bergman is a fine actress was shaken but not yet shattered. Since she is a partial producer of this monstrous epic, however, her taste and judgment are surely suspect...

Author: By George A. Lelper, | Title: The Moviegoer | 2/12/1949 | See Source »

...England University Radio Workshop is looking for students who want to write radio scripts or to act on broadcasts, director John H. Safer 2L announced last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEU Radio Workshop Needs Writers, Actors | 2/11/1949 | See Source »

...cannot respond sympathetically to the problems, you will be deeply impressed with Muni's superb performance. He utters perhaps too many "Dio Mio's," but the warmth and understanding which he brings to the role of the Italian-American wine producer are unsurpassed. He spends the entire second act in bed, recuperating from two broken legs. His gestures and facial expressions, worthy of pantomime, carry not only that act, but the whole play. I found myself waiting impatiently for his return each time he was absent from the stage. This pretty well covers the performance of his colleagues--adequate...

Author: By Herbert P. Gleason, | Title: The Playgoer | 2/9/1949 | See Source »

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