Word: buts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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"I'm sorry, John," Crimson basketball coach Floyd Wilson said to his opposite number, John Barry of M.I.T., Saturday night after the varsity had inflicted an 84-34 clobbering upon the Engineers at Rockwell Cage. Wilson had reason to be abashed, for his charges had run away with everything but...
But the report failed to specify the details of such a program, and did not outline how it could be effected. Instead, it simply said that "each Department shall endeavor to provide a program of courses particularly suited to the needs and interests of the non-Honors concentrator, in terms...
It all seems typical of French crime films, but as soon as Maigret appears, the weird story begins to emerge. As the manhunt runs its two-hour course, Maigret captures two murderers, an adultress, her gigolo, and the Marais Killer's possessive mother. Also in this line-up are an...
The killer, it turns out, is an impotent psychopath who murders women because he can't bring himself to kill his unfaithful wife. But his wife loves him, as does his mother, and the two women compete fiercely to protect him, making it extremely complicated for Maigret.
As Maigret, that old stalwart Jean Gabin gives a magnificent performance. The Inspector is not the usual suave type, he doesn't have beautiful girls falling all over him. Not only is Maigret happily married, but he is aging, paunchy, and tired. With all these drawbacks, he still managers to...