Word: brightness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Treasury Secretary Anderson, a dark horse with a bright record, would make a winning leader for the '60 presidential ticket for the Democratic Party...
Three accredited private investigators of U.S. defenses nailed a bright red danger signal to the Pentagon's highest mast this week. The signal: "The military position of the United States has declined in the short span of 15 years from one of unchallenged security to that of a nation both open and vulnerable to direct and devastating attack." The investigators, operating on a grant from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: Paul H. Nitzer onetime chief policy planner (1950-53) for Democratic Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Military Pundit James E. King Jr., and Director Arnold Wolfers of the Johns...
...programmers, WNTA's earlier choices would have set their teeth to chattering. So far, The Play of the Week has dealt with such themes as drunkenness and sexuality in a priest (Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory), sterility and infidelity (John Steinbeck's Burning Bright), infanticide (Medea, with Judith Anderson), and clerical tyranny (Paul Vincent Carroll's The White Steed). Says Producer David Susskind: "We have none of those pernicious and aggravating conditions and taboos that you get everywhere else on TV." Most memorable example to date-WNTA's unbowdlerized production of Jean...
...masterpiece of its genre, which looks back to the charming 18th-century tradition of Goldoni and opera buffa. Although it is Wolf-Ferrari's most famous work, usually only the overture is done; so it is a welcome treat to have the whole work in a generally bright performance...
Crimson guard Bob Bowditch was probably the worst offender last night, shooting wildly and telegraphing his passes throughout the game. If there were bright spots for the varsity, they were provided by Cuffe, who scored 22 points on 11 of 22 floor attempts, and Greg Loser, a little guard who tallied four field goals in less than 10 minutes. Center Dave Skinner paced Wesleyan with 24 markers...