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...Philadelphia, Morgan State College's 440-and 880-yd. relay teams, anchored by Olympian Art Bragg (who also won the 100-yd. dash), ran off with the Penn Relays sprint honors. The distance-medley and four-mile titles went to the University of Michigan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, may 4, 1953 | 5/4/1953 | See Source »

...production do not meet this standard. Arthur Townsend, in a brief appearance, plays as a fop a role which would be more effective done stolidly. And Pirio Macdonald Tutchings, as Catherine's lover, has a good stage voice, but such unconvincing gestures and lack of dash that his performance is negative. As Catherine's father, however, Edward Golden is the exception. He is sarcastic, cruel, and kind as the part demands and yet has developed these contrasting elements into a consistent character...

Author: By Arthur J. Langguth, | Title: The Heiress | 4/30/1953 | See Source »

...surprise and amaze your friends, according to the old ad, is to sit down at the piano and dash off a few tricky arpeggios learned on the sly. These days, so many Americans are sitting down at their pianos that friends are no longer surprised; it is the piano makers who are amazed. They are enjoying their biggest boom in 25 years. Sales last year of 154,000 instruments were still below the booming '20s, when the player-piano craze pushed sales to 300,000. But the figure still represents a lively rise from the low note struck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Boom Fortissimo | 4/27/1953 | See Source »

...lady, too, but being a practical fellow, quenches himself at her serving maid. Guy comes along a little later and makes such a pretty leg that the fickle fair forgets all about Robert, who takes, in his turn, to the consolations of religion. Soon, though, it's dash away all to the Holy Land, and the drums of war drown out the viole d'amour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mildly Mock-Archaic | 4/13/1953 | See Source »

...quarter mile boasts Dave Alpers and Bob Morrison, both capable of breaking 50 seconds before the season ends. Sprinter Norm Bruck is a potential 10 second flat man in the 100-yard dash, and he is backed by Al Merson, Ed Carter, and recently injured Fred Smith. The 220 will have the same lineup, in addition to Morrison...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LINING THEM UP | 4/10/1953 | See Source »

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