Word: brilliant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Tommy Henrich's home run in the ninth inning broke up a brilliant pitching duel between Allie Reynolds and don Newcombe and gave the New York Yankees a 1 to 0 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers in the opening game of the World Series yesterday afternoon in the Yankee Stadium...
...course, the individual actors must get their applause. Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews and William Eythe were probably better than in most of their other pictures. Andrews was exceptionally good in the lynching scene itself. The whole mob, for that matter, formed a brilliant supporting cast...
...another thing, Rickey needs outfielders and especially centerfielders like he needs a hole in the head. The present occupant of Brooklyn's center pasture, Duke Snider, is a brilliant judge of fly balls, has a great throwing arm, hit 22 home runs in his rookle year with the Flock, and batted in the neighborhood of 291. To top it off, he is 22 years old. The whole Brooklyn organization is crawling with bright young flychasers, and the loss of Jethroe will not pain the Dodgers. Whether his addition to the Braves will rebound against the Brooks next season will...
...garments, shirts, kilts and shawls, ever worn by man. Most of them were made of embroidery so delicate that the tiny stitches covering all the cloth looked like meshes of the finest weaving. Across them pranced birds and wildcats in reds, pinks, greens and yellows almost as fresh and brilliant as when they came from the dye vats. From their edges dripped cataracts of brightly colored fringe; the shirts had masses of fringe instead of sleeves. In life, the man who wore them must have delighted the eyes of his barbaric gods...
...morning. Nine o'clock is blank. Ten o'clock is more promising. Hudnut's Humanities 114, architecture and city design from Thebes to Modern Boston, meets in Hunt Large Room. Pleasant and interesting course with slides. LeCorbeiller and Nat. Sci. 1 convene at Byerly Hall, Radcliffe. Excellent lectures feature brilliant explanations. Demos is delightful in Phil, 1a, though the course is no snap (Emerson...