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Word: brilliantly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Harvard's two touchdowns came on a brilliant 47-yard run by halfback Al Cullen and a 2-yard plunge by fullback Dave Capiello. Tufts scored on marches of 35, 35 and 36 yards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: J.V. Conquered by Tufts, 20-13; Fumbles, Penalties Mar Contest | 10/16/1957 | See Source »

Less happily, what is best in all this has been pretty fully conveyed by the end of a brilliant, dynamic first act. Indeed, the first act's very power of assault gives to what follows a diminished impact. But what follows has also too little organic development. The play never really advances from a kind of one-man show to any kind of social drama. To be sure, a negativist, no-exit attitude that shies away from moral crisis cannot develop very far; while at the same time so much overt anger must shut the door on irony. Having...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Oct. 14, 1957 | 10/14/1957 | See Source »

...YORK, OCT. 9--Hank Bauer's homer that was only inches fair and Bob Turley's brilliant four-hit pitching evened the World Series at three games each today with a 3-2 New York Yankee victory over Milwaukee...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Yankees Even Series By Beating Braves 3-2 | 10/10/1957 | See Source »

Harvard's approach to languages has traditionally been literary rather than linguistic. This is reflected in the language requirement, which calls only for a reading knowledge of some foreign tongue. As a result, the Harvard graduate may dazzle an evening cocktail party with his brilliant remarks on Voltaire's sense of irony or Goethe's treatment of Faust, but he will find himself at an utter loss in the Paris Flea Market or at a Munich Beer-Garden...

Author: By Kenneth Auchincloss, | Title: Languages Program At Cornell Stresses Native Environment | 10/5/1957 | See Source »

...artist simply distinguishes his untitled works as landscapes, seascapes or floral studies, leaving articulation to his brush and the imagination. Often it is difficult to determine which fit even these broad categories, as Rosenborg's work, neither non-objective nor allegorical, alludes mystically to nature as a vehicle alone. Brilliant bouquets of color, often straight from the tube, alternate with misty formations of warm, mellow light. Seldom is any linear element whatsoever introduced. Rosenborg's variations on a theme of color harmonies are as much the point as his eulogy of nature...

Author: By Paul W. Schwartz, | Title: War and Peace | 10/3/1957 | See Source »

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