Word: crack
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...play for laughs. At last her vehicle has come in. On Oct. 23 she will appear in a television production of Enid Bagnold's The Chinese Prime Minister, playing the part of She, a famous, witty, 70-year-old actress on the verge of retirement. Having taken a crack at the title role in Hamlet at age 72, Dame Judith is not about to quit acting. In fact, she revels in comedy. "It was wonderful going to work in the morning," said the actress who has portrayed Lady Macbeth and Medea, "knowing that I wouldn't be killing...
...secure that honor--the stuff of which dreams are made. The 40 years that followed have been, for Brico, mostly a story of dreams deferred. Aside from a handful of guest-conducting engagements at the Metropolitan Opera, Lewisohn Stadium and the New York Philharmonic, she has been unable to crack one of the few remaining exclusively male fields...
...word has come from the next town down the coast that the freighter Fort Mingan--the lifeline connecting these northern coastal villages to southern Quebec--is on its way. So now on "the white side" of St. Augustine, they've begun to prepare for its arrival. Beer bottles crack and shatter on the rocks by the landing. Water-proofed families of 14 pile into the small dory-like boats that, in the fierce sub-Arctic winter, carry fishermen far out into the Gulf in search of seal...
...Bulldogs managed to crack the Brown defense on four big plays which set up the scores. After a scoreless first quarter, Yale quarterback Tom Doyle found receiver Gart Fencik for a 30-yard touchdown pass. On the last play of the half, Randy Carter boomed a 38-yard field goal, his fourth in four tries this season...
Sophomore lineback Tom Joyce, getting his first crack as a starter, gave a strong performance. Cornerback Emper, another sophomore, was also starting his first game in place of regular Mike Page, who was taking his Dental Boards. Emper had an excellent game, intercepting two passes and playing aggressive ball throughout the contest. Emper just might have won his way into the regular starting berth off his performance...