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Word: benedict (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Nixon-Knight county chairmen has been gathering steam. These men are determined either to take over the state committee, or to cripple it by cutting off the money they raise for it. To such moves, some Warrenites respond by joining the Nixon-Knight coalition; others, like National Committeewoman Marjorie Benedict, threaten to make a fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Under New Management | 12/14/1953 | See Source »

...Traitor and the Spy, by James Thomas Flexner. How Benedict Arnold wove treason and Major John Andre was caught in the web; an impressive double history, told with scholarship and edge (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: RECENT & READABLE, Dec. 7, 1953 | 12/7/1953 | See Source »

...Hasty Pudding's 106th production, is not going to need very much advertising of its own to pack the Pudding Playhouse from now until it goes on tour. It already bas an extremely clever book by John Benedict and Tom Whedon, funny, often hilarious lyrics by Bob Schwartz and Fred Tausend, Charles Gross' skillful musical score, precision dancing--all set off by a talented, well-trained east. What is more, the various parts jell; the singing, the shuffling, the wiggling, and the acting are all woven together into one solid, colorful production...

Author: By Michael Maccoby., | Title: Pudding Premiers 'Ad Man Out' | 12/2/1953 | See Source »

Perhaps one of the most delightful tings about this production is that the authors really knew how to use boys-playing-girls. Keeping away from pitfalls of other Pudding shows, which have tried to sneak over a demure femme with five o'clock shadow, Benedict and Whedon make all their blondes big, brassy, busty, and boisterous--as they should be in this type of show. The kickline is good, as is an advertiser's beauty contest illuminated by excellent costuming. The one brunette in the cast, Electra's artsy-craftsy sister Chris, played with cross-eyed humor by William Wood...

Author: By Michael Maccoby., | Title: Pudding Premiers 'Ad Man Out' | 12/2/1953 | See Source »

...Traitor and the Spy, by James Thomas Flexner. How Benedict Arnold wove treason and Major John Andre was caught in the web; an impressive double history, told with scholarship and edge (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: RECENT & READABLE, Nov. 9, 1953 | 11/9/1953 | See Source »

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