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...convinced that people will laugh at almost anything Mort Sahl says. He comes out on stage in non-descript pants and a yellow cardigan sweater, and there he is:... MORT' SAHL, devastating critic of our times, about whom everyone has read so much, in Time magazine. He stands for a minute, scratches his head, gestures erratically once or twice, and then he's off, saying funny things about politics and the situation of the world. He has a marvelous stage presence, an easy stance, an endearing nervousness and an odd tone of voice, which makes otherwise pallid remarks assume...
...varsity tennis team will win two Eastern League contests here this weekend if the rain stops in time. This afternoon the Crimson meets a rather non-descript Columbia squad, and tomorrow the home team will face a fair Navy team...
...shape of a spherical triangle, "floating" on three ball and socket type joints that allow it to wander a little when expanding or contracting. The diminutive walls have to be kept clear of the moving, self-supporting roof. Now swaddled in canvas and scaffolding, the structure looks non-descript in the extreme. But, undaunted by its present mud-pie look, R. M. Kimball, chairman of the building committee, expects "wonderful things" from the auditorium...
...G.I.s were slow to reciprocate the Pyle devotion. In the field Ernie, ab normally sensitive to cold, wraps his skin ny frame in as many thicknesses of non descript clothes as he can lay hands on, makes himself look like a ready-made butt for jokes. At first the G.I.s plagued the funny-looking little man unmercifully, "scrounging" (i.e., swiping) his blankets and water, knocking off his helmet to reveal the wad of toilet paper always kept there, ridiculing his passion for orderliness and his perpetual puttering, pouncing on him in howling droves when he modestly retired behind a bush...
...Theresa ("Teri") Wassertauer Behrens. 44, secretary of the International Center Y.W.C.A., was known in Detroit as "that nice social worker." Shrewd, non descript Mrs. Behrens is the real-life version of that colorless character which seasoned spy-thriller readers have learned to watch with misgivings. Jailed, she refused food. FBI hinted that she might be the most sinister figure...