Word: charleye
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...CHARLEY'S AUNT ends, I hope, the plague of warhorse comedies, including Arsenic and Old Lace and Harvey, that has infested Harvard stages this season. One would think that every college student in America has seen or put on these plays too many times in high school...
...Charley's Aunt...
Having said that, I should add that, as escapist entertainment goes, Charley is extremely funny...
...touchdown passes in Colts livery were surprised to find out that the 22-year-old record did not belong to Johnny Unitas, as anyone might expect, but to a dentist who used to back him up, Gary Cuozzo. Anthony Allen's record 255 yards' worth of Redskins receptions left Charley Taylor's and Bobby Mitchell's historical places undisturbed; Newcomer Gary Clark had set the all-time standard just last year...
...writing demon. Frequently the book seems compiled rather than composed, facts and fiction accreting into a formidable but unshapely mass. There are even chunks on boxing in the '50s, as if the fight game had the same historical impact as the Rosenberg trial or the policies of "Engine Charley" Wilson, the Secretary of Defense. You Must Remember This takes lots of wild swings; it is what happens when a fearless slugger goes toe to toe with a big, elusive opponent...