Word: alonge
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Never Make an Actor." Alec never speaks of the first six years of his life, but they were apparently fairly grim. His mother drifted from one resort to another along the Channel coast, from one boarding house to another. Little Alec tagged along, a quiet child, well-behaved, playing alone in corners. At six he was packed off to a middle-class English boarding school called Pembroke Lodge, where his expenses were paid from an education fund set up by his father. Being shy and peculiar and no good at sports, he came in for plenty of ragging. Says Alec...
...week, the trend was down, as expected by businessmen. But what was not expected was the surprising fact that in some industries, profits were actually climbing, some to new records. Hard hit were the durable-goods industries, railroads and raw materials, while many of the consumer-goods makers hummed along scarcely bothered by the recession...
Many of the cars were scooped up by dealers anxious to cash in on the sudden rise in the popularity of small foreign cars, whose chromeless lines are a far cry from Detroit's behemoths. But retail sales also zipped along at supermarket speed. Jaguar sold its entire yearly production of 2,100 of its new XK 150 ($5,000) and the six-month production of its Mark VIII sedan, decided on the spot that it will be able to sell 12,000 cars in the U.S. next year instead of the projected 7,500. West Germany...
...only indications that this was a special evening were the novelty of a hierarchical list of patrons which appeared along with some excellent notes by Assistant Professor Allen D. Sapp in the program; and a dance (music by Marshard) which followed the concert. As for the concert itself--it was just another concert, and not the best of the year, for that matter...
...Along with Tillich, the Fellowship's forum will include Jerome S. Bruner, professor of Psychology, and Donald C. Williams, professor of Philosophy. The three have expressed a desire for a constructive discussion...