Word: besting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Fallen Idol," an English production based on a short story by Graham Greone, was chosen as England's best film of 1948, and has been collecting rave reviews here. Most of the praise is deserved. The photography is subtle and brilliant, a fresh realistic idiom for the moviegoer lulled by the stylized American technique, that, together with masterful directing, (by Carol Reed, director of Odd Man Out), and superb acting, raise a weaker plot to excellent drama...
Metcalf could not say whether any of the specific changes mentioned above would be accepted, but he announced that a report outlining the "best and most practical suggestions" would be released at the end of January...
Like most Rhodes scholars I like it here, enjoy my work, find the English hospitable and kind. The Rhodes scholarships, to my mind, are the best use to which diamonds have ever been...
...Best Friend. In Detroit, Glen Stewart asked the court to be lenient with the dog that bit him: "I suffered no ill effects but the dog got sick...
Later, in the well-packed auditorium, Harry Truman began in his best cracker-barrel manner. The last time he had been in St. Paul (a month before election) "was quite a time," said Truman. "Didn't anybody think I'd be back here addressing you within one year from that Election Day as President of the United States. But here...