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...evening wears on he gathers a little selfesteem; his gestures open out; he falls on a knee and thumps the stage; his hairdo collapses; he begins to get his teeth almost literally into his material, worrying the lyrics like a terrier with an old boot, biting off the sugary phrases as if they were sticks of seaside rock. In an atmosphere of rising hysteria, the screams mount, the band blasts. Those who would like to leave dare not, for fear of lynching...
...Communist World Council for Peace Prize in 1953. Laxness, 53. bills himself as an "idealistic socialist," advises readers to judge the color of his philosophy from his books. His heroes are usually found struggling in the toils of nature and landed ogres, dying in blizzards, falling with boot-broken backs. First Icelander ever to win a Nobel Prize, he hoped that Iceland's tax collectors "will leave me 10% for brandy." Early next month, Leftist Laxness will get his gold medal, diploma and $36.720 jackpot from Sweden's King Gustaf VI Adolf...
These answers will be put to an immediate test, for the UMass team which appears here is virtualy the same team which upset the Crimson last year--and with a season of experience to boot...
Charles Frederick Grover '50--the gentleman in question--received front-page treatment this summer because he is a Harvard man, because he attempted an incredible 45-mile swim from Boston to Provincetown, on the tip of Cape Cod, and because he had marital problems to boot...
...older of the Holmes brothers, Stacey will boot as center half, flanked by Dennis Little at left half and John Hadik at right half...