Word: beacons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...government. But in these calm days of courtesy and bi-partisanship, the old Jacksonian gusto seems to have been eclipsed by the politics of gentility. Nevertheless, the show must go on, if only to amuse the faithful. And this showmanship has been no-where more apparent recently than on Beacon Hill during the last two months, as the young Democratic Hercules, Foster Furcolo, waves his imaginary broom through the marble corridors of Boston's stygian State House...
...love to bet at Beacon Park...
...little out of a lovely thing, but Ingrid Bergman is superb. Helen Hayes and Yul Brynner wander in and out every now and then. At RKO Keith. The Great Man is dead. Long live his greatness? Jose Ferrer snoops around tensely, and says no. A tidy film. At the Beacon Hill. Baby Doll doesn't deserve all the publicity but contains three brilliant performances--by Eli Wallach, Karl Malden, and baby-blond newcomer Carrol Baker. Kazan's direction is outstanding, but Tennessee Williams' contributions to the film are weak. In the suburbs. The Rainmaker involves Lancaster, Hepburn (the elder...
Although Lionel Trilling's third collection of essay is, in deed, a gathering of fugitive pieces with little collective raison d'etre except the profits which he and the Beacon Press will reap from bringing them to a new audience, nevertheless they display Trilling as a man of letters and a critical influence, perhaps more clearly than any of his previous collections. Even in the pieces which can only be read intelligently when the reader knows the subject matter, the reader discovers a critic of remarkable integrity and perception. In most of the collection, moreover, the subject matter, the reader...
...Boston's famed Heart Specialist Paul Dudley White, 70, an energetic mountain climber, wood splitter, bicycle rider and whale hunter (to take their pulses), welcomed a snowstorm to help demonstrate one of his favorite maxims: "Hard work never killed a healthy man." Unpuffingly shoveling snow piled behind his Beacon Street office, Dr. White advised all healthy folks to take exercise in keeping with their age and general physical tone, build up to exertion slowly if they're soft, certainly not refrain from snow shoveling if their only ailment is just being 70. Said the doctor with some concern...