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...real weakness is the film's direction, done by Max Ophuls. Because the picture does seem to have a theme running through it, its light-touch scenes are somewhat distracting. His conclusion, however, achieves just the right degree of understatement. The two men duel, one gun is fired, and the Countess, who is rushing to the scene, is stricken by the shot's implication. Yet had the movie not been underplayed, this ending by contrast would have been twice as forceful. As it is, The Earrings of Madame de . . . is simply unfulfilled...
About 110 prospective freshman oarsmen turned out last night in Newell Boathouse for the opening meeting of the Yardling crew season. "It's the smallest showing since I've been coach," commented Bill Leavitt, whose last year's freshman crew won all its races except the Yale duel. Practice will begin almost immediately...
...young giraffes, in coltish mood, cross necks as men cross swords, and duel off their excess energy...
...Thus the duel began, with Adenauer's calculated and contemptuous dismissal of the Communist regime of East Germany...
Behind 2-0, the U.S. team showed up next day hoping to stave off defeat in the doubles. As at Sydney, Trabert and Seixas played better together than apart, but they were still not good enough. They took the first set in a tenterhooks service duel, 14-12, against Hoad and steady Rex Hartwig, who at 26 is the old man of the Aussie team. But from then on the U.S. team was usually in trouble, striving to break through service. Trabert-Seixas occasionally shook Hoad with their "crossover" signal, but they could not shake Shotmaker Hartwig...