Word: brilliants
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Marshall landed in England, Oxford University honored him with a degree of Doctor of Civil Law and broke a tradition by letting him witness the ceremony of his election by the doctors and heads of Oxford's colleges. Would the doctors give the degree to "a man most brilliant in war and peace?" Intoned the doctors: Placet...
...Crimson backfield star, whose brilliant play as a pass intercepter placed him among the nation's leaders last fall and earned him the nickname "Radar Ken," has won his Varsity letter three years running. Used exclusively on defense in 1946 because his arm was in a cast, he started six games this season as offensive quarterback...
...Fancy Free. Disney's famous fauna, plus Edgar Bergen and Dinah Shore, in a show that ranges from bad to brilliant and is generally likeable (TIME...
Monsieur Verdoux. Chaplin's cold, brilliant tragicomedy about a free-enterprising murderer (TIME...
...Dick Harlow has played his cards with almost limitless skill. . . . There are some men who cannot be repaid for their effort in mere money, and certainly no amount of the stuff can have recompensed Harlow for the unequal struggles he always has fought and the brilliant victories he often has achieved. For this man, I ask the miracle of a victory." --November...