Word: dado
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...whiplash, and a savage snapper at the end of it. Producer-Director William Wyler has the capacity to see the whole of a motion picture in one flash across the private screen of imagination; and into this sense of the whole he can interpolate ornament-all kinds of human dado and humoristic acanthus-with a skill that gives spontaneity to the grand design without collapsing its tension. Does the little boy refuse to drink his milk? Just let Bogart side with him against his parents, and he downs the whole glass in a gulp...
Another world title changed hands this week. In Tokyo, for Japan's first world's title fight, some 42,000 fans went wild as Japan's Yoshiro Shirai, 28 and a sharp counterpuncher, outpointed Hawaii's aging (35) Dado Marino for the flyweight (112 Ibs.) title. Like Lightweight Salas, Shirai is the first fighter from his country ever to hold a world championship. The U.S., once the stronghold of boxing, now owns only half of the eight world titles. Others outside the U.S.: the welterweight (147 Ibs.) championship held by Cuba's Kid Gavilan...
...World's Flyweight Champion Dado Marino, Hawaii's aging (35) "Little Brown Doll," a 15-round decision in a return title bout with Britain's Challenger Terry Allen; in Honolulu...