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Framingham, Mass., Carousel Theater: Lloyd Bridges rolls the Runyon dice as Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THEATER: On Broadway, Aug. 10, 1959 | 8/10/1959 | See Source »

Balanced Judgment. In Louisville, charged with passing four counterfeit $100 bills. Gambler Eugene T. Luker testified that he won the money with crooked dice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 6, 1959 | 7/6/1959 | See Source »

...nimble without being frantic. Occasionally, Mattress' comic reach exceeds its grasp and good taste e.g., a scene in which the mute king tries to mime the facts of life for his son. But when the evil queen finally brings the fabled pea to her lips in a dice player's frenzied kiss, it is an unconscious reminder of how much of the evening is a delightful streak of playgoing luck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musical Off Broadway, may 25, 1959 | 5/25/1959 | See Source »

...rather than doctor the surface and destroy the spontaneous feeling. "I'm not trying to be a virtuoso," he explains, "but I have to do it fast. It's not like poker, where you can build to a straight flush or something. It's like throwing dice. I can't save anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Big Splash | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

...Paris for $75 a pair), sports vests with lapels, blue shirts with pleats. Superstitious and a gambler, he enjoys chemin de fer and craps, jokingly claims to make many a decision by consulting the stars ("This is my lucky time of year") or by shaking a pair of brass dice that he regularly carries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORTATION: More than Chalk Talk | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

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