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...Broadway success (1958-59) by Playwright William Gibson. Like the play, the film tells the story of Gittel's affair with a visiting fireman who has run out of steam, a lawyer (Robert Mitchum) from Omaha whose problems gee with Gittel's. She has been a doormat for men, he has been a lap dog for his wife. He needs self-reliance, she needs self-respect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Village Idiot | 11/30/1962 | See Source »

...trying to separate the National top five clubs; but why If you're fighting against the of averages, you might as well with your right: Glants, Dodgers, Pirates, Phillies, Reds, Ernie Banks. trio at the bottom should itself from contention it or convincingly. The Cubs look the logical doormat, with the only starter on opening certain to be in the lineup by The Reds have twice as many players. In Vada Pinson and Robinson they boast two of an outfield, but the rest the squad would have trouble a good AAA club. For the Tony Taylor, Pancho and Tony Gonzales...

Author: By Frederick H. Gardner, | Title: Giants Given Edge In Close N.L. Race | 4/21/1961 | See Source »

...varsity soccer team could be at the door to another Ivy League title after today, if it doesn't trip over the doormat. Dartmouth's prostrate Indians, owners of a 1-5 League record last year, have awakened under new coach Whitey Burnham, and could give the Crimson one of its toughest battles to date today in Hanover...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Soccer Squad Will Battle Rugged Dartmouth Eleven | 10/21/1960 | See Source »

Penn is something of a question-mark. After many years as the doormat of the Ivy League, the Quakers have built shiny new courts and have taken a renewed interest in squash. The results may be surprising...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Squash | 1/15/1960 | See Source »

...Leafs' late blooming was enough to make Torontonians take a respectful second look at the power of positive thinking. Power of any kind was what the dormant, doormat Leafs conspicuously lacked when George ("Punch") Imlach, 42, took over as general manager at midseason. A former minor-league coach and player, Imlach installed himself as coach, exuded a sunshiny, nonstop optimism, never stopped insisting that the Leafs' only trouble was that everyone (including the players) thought they were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Big-Time Talker | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

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