Word: chases
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Jean Arp is a sculptor who hates almost all sculpture except his own. "Especially," he once complained, "these naked men, women & children in stone or bronze . . . who untiringly dance, chase butterflies, shoot arrows, hold out apples, blow the flute, are the perfect expression of a mad world. These mad figures must no longer sully nature...
Four days, later, on February 9, Bill Barclay's hungry five and John Chase's hockey team get going. The basketball team will attempt to snap out of an eight game losing streak against Army at West Point, and the much-improved sextet will get its third try of the season against undefeated Boston College at the Arena...
Winchell's. friend Drew Pearson, a longtime Forrestal enemy, and Pearson's old partner, Robert Allen, joined the chase. Presumably they were aided and abetted by dozens of Washington officeholders who have come to hate Forrestal for his views and his insistence on urging them. They turned their pressure on the White House: the President should demand Forrestal's resignation. When Forrestal did not resign, as they kept predicting that he would, Pearson implied ominously that Forrestal was hanging on to his job so that he could further "the Wall Street conspiracy...
...plot-essentially a fast, exciting chase with psychological overtones-gives Loretta Young a chance to play a menaced heroine, a role that she does with high skill. Will murder out? Will the beautiful professor be mangled in the coils of her own guilt-or will she be stalked down by the smart, relentless detective? Her only escape seems to be offered by a handsome young lawyer (Robert Cummings) who loves her even when he begins to doubt her innocence. But Loretta is as thoroughly fascinated by the strategy of her accuser as she is by the fond advice of counsel...
...weak defense has been the element largely responsible for the varsity's six defeats in eight starts so far, and in a move to revitalize the squad Coach Chase has switched team high scorer Jack Carman from forward to defense. Carman, who will pair with Dick Greeley, won't be new to the back line, for he played a few games there last season. Says Chase: "We've got to do something, and Jack shows plenty of promise...