Word: bellboy
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Marek Hlasko was seven years old when the Nazis invaded Poland. He was 13 when the Communists took over. He worked as a bellboy in a Warsaw hotel, put in six years as a taxi driver. Out of his experiences he wrote savagely realistic short stories that made Polish Reds wince. A tall, blond, flop-haired youngster who resembled the late Hollywood hero, James Dean, Hlasko headed a coterie that was analogous to Britain's Angry Young Men and the Beat Generation of the U.S. The difference was that Hlasko had more to be beat about-a fact that...
...mother, a pop singer on Boston radio back in the mid-'20s thrust Gloria into big-band singing straight out of high school in 1941. Gloria did solid hitches with Horace Heidt and Kay Kyser, in 1953 made a Capitol record called Hey Bellboy (its only words), which sold nearly 1,000,000 copies. The movies have called on her to provide the voice of many a nonsinging star. She sang for Marilyn Monroe in River of No Return, for Vera-Ellen in White Christmas...
...intelligent, and yet vulnerable decadence that Sartre had in mind. Rigmore Christiansen does equally well as the Lesbian, matching Heffernan's force at every point. Jane Cronin seems less remarkable than the other two, largely because her role as the "love-object" is more passive. And as a bellboy in Hell, Richard Galvin provides the suitable mixture of insolence and irony...
...House soccer Leverett gained a 3 to 3 tie with Lowell yesterday when a Bellboy defensive back acidentally headed Eric Frank's corner shot into his own goal...
Although Lowell is another team that lacks experietice, the Bellboy squad has drawn an encouraging turnout. Jerry Whatmough, Jim Mosley, and team Wolcott are skating together on the first line. Bruce Righter and Ebbe Gary are at defense in front of a steady goal tender, Jack Lonsdale. Norm Marsh, Bill Henry, and Sandy Watts are on the second line...