Word: altars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...These are very weighty as well as practical considerations, but are they weighty enough to disqualify men of independent mind? Must our Divinity School--sacrificing Veritas on the altar of sectarianism--be the one place in the University where instructors are not chosen on the basis of competence alone...
Musolino's last act as a free man was the posting of a letter to his brother enclosing some money to buy candles for a church altar. Headed for Urbino with an umbrella in one hand and a knapsack on his back, he was spotted by two carabinieri and captured when his foot caught in a tangle of barbed wire. Sent to prison for life, he was declared insane twelve years later. Last week, he died in Reggio Calabria's mental hospital...
...services in the small Protestant church in Nicosia. Sir John Harding, a brave soldier and brilliant commander has fought two wars, led whole armies-including thousands of Cypriots who fought in British uniforms. But he dares not worship alone. A squad of British soldiers precedes him and examines the altar, the Bible, the pews and chancel for planted explosives. Harding arrives in a bulletproof sedan. Armored cars bristle outside as Sir John, Governor General of the Crown Colony of Cyprus is at his devotions...
British Director Guthrie conducts a brilliant bombardment. In the title role, a bewigged and umbrella'd Ruth Gordon gloriously whacks ar>d wheedles her way to the altar while Loring Smith huffs and bellows, and British Actress Eileen Herlie plays a vivacious widow with bright, broad charm. If sometimes just loud and at other times too cute, The Matchmaker can also, as in a sudden whispered harmonizing of Tenting Tonight, turn warm and sweet. It can even be a little bashfully philosophical. Everyone connives with too much good nature and high spirits for any real claw to lurk beneath...
...teacher gasped -and many others since that day have gasped at Julie Harris. In the last dozen years, the girl with the plain little face and childlike limbs has laid her life upon the stage like a candle upon an altar, and the still, strong flame of her talent shines through the nervous wattage of Broadway with a pure and steady light. In a comparatively short career -until last week she had played only three major parts on Broadway -Julie Harris has established herself as, at the very least, the best young actress in America. A European director calls...