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Because it is so fat and not-very-explosive, Audience is difficult to divide fairly into its many parts. A reader must pick out what soothes or jostles his prejudice, which in reading Audience is his whim. I liked best a story about the aforementioned blueberries, suitably titled "The Blueberries," written by Bankson Means; another story, "A Tom Go For Terry," by Robert Wernick; a poem called "Birthday Letter," by Allen Grossman; another poem, "Suicide," by Arthur Freeman; and some drawings of some sad old houses by Janet Doub. The magazine costs six bits and that means that each...
Olmedo, biggest draw in the tournament, lost one set in beating Alick Bridges, West Australia's best player. Earlier, Barry MacKay of Dayton, Ohio, and Earl Buchholz of St. Louis, had defeated their opponents in second round matches. MacKay dropped the opening set to Doug Napier of Australia but bounced back...
...times is all that saves it, for not all the characters act as well as Ulla Jacobson and Harriet Anderson look. What is most disappointing is Bergman's failure to make the most of his material, since many tiresome moments could be redeemed with more candid photography. The best performances are given by Bjornstrand and by Naima Wifstrand, who plays an aged courtesan with charm and familiarity...
HIBBING, Minn., Jan. 4--Russia's 34-year-old captain scored three times today and the velvet-smooth Soviet hockey team smothered Uncle Sam's best amateurs, 7-1, 24 hours after whipping the Americans in Minneapolis...
...next night downing American International College, 68 to 61. The see-saw first half closed with the varsity trailing by two, but a second half spurt put the team ahead to stay. Wilson praised Bob Bowditch's work off both backboards, saying that the sophomore forward turned in his best effort of the year...