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Deadlier than the Male. Bulldog Drummond has led a charmed life, alas. In the early '20s, when he first came to public attention in the novels of Sapper (H. C. McNeile), he was an overblown Blimp who hated "Bolshies" and took peculiar pleasure in flogging "Hebrews." In 1929, the cur was portrayed by Ronald Colman as a sort of homey Holmes - a friendly legal beagle who spent more time rolling his big sad eyes at the lady customers than he did hounding down the villain. In Deadlier than the Male, the adaptable Drummond shows up as the type...
...answer to this argument came from Washington, where New York Herald Tribune Columnist Roscoe Drummond cited facts and figures suggesting that the Viet Cong are being beaten right now. The V.C. are so short of manpower, said Drummond, that they are impressing 15-year-olds and girls into service; the B-52 raids are mauling them badly and their losses are high. Another answer came from South Viet Nam, where Columnist Joseph Alsop explained that as he saw it, "the problem that has been examined at Honolulu is peculiarly clear. Provided that the President is willing to wage...
...Ephs' leading scorer is Kevin Sheenan, a hefty 6-6, 220 pound center. His substitute, Bill Unterucker, also stands 6-6, and promising sophomore forward Bill Drummond is 6-4. The rest of Williams' lineup consists of 6-2 forward Tom McPherson, 5-8 sophomore guard Jim Kramer, and 6-0 guard Irv Blond...
Wars, Presidents and newspapers have come and gone, and the columnists of yesterday still write on, as confidently as ever. Arthur Krock at 79, David Lawrence at 76, Walter Lippmann at 76, and Drew Pearson at 67 remain familiar if greying presences in the nation's press. Roscoe Drummond, 63, James Reston, 56, and Joseph Alsop, 55, have been around so long that they too seem part of the patriarchy. But the roster of challengers is growing fast...
Richard Kneeland came directly from Hollywood, and before that had been acting on Broadway opposite such performers as Sylvia Sydney in Sweet Bird of Youth. J. Frank Lucas played major roles with Pat O'Brian, Tallulah Bankhead and Tony Randall. He created the role of Henry Drummond in the world premiere of Inherit the Wind...