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...school of Cole Porter" air. The lyrics would not be a credit to anyone, and for Porter they fall woefully flat. Abe Burrows' book, largely concerned with the love of a priggish young judge (Peter Cookson) and a prancing, Montmartre Jezebel, rises only once-in a funny duel scene-from banality to Burrows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musical in Manhattan, may 18, 1953 | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

...Ferraris, Jaguars, etc. The president of the Sports Car Club, Driver Fred Wacker Jr. of Chicago went out early with engine trouble. After the first few laps over the tortuous 4.48-mile course (including turns of 110° and 135°) the race settled down to a neck & neck duel between Chicago Manufacturer Jim Kimberly, 45, in a Ferrari, and California's Phill Hill, driving a Jaguar C. The Jag was quicker on the corners, but invariably lost ground on the longest straightaway, a 6,000-ft. runway where Kimberly gunned his slim, low-hung speedster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Red for Ferrari | 4/20/1953 | See Source »

Cherington seemed almost eager for a "little intellectual duel" with some of his 'A' Radcliffe students, but he claims that in class, they just concentrate on looking dumb in the back row. Pitirim A. Sorokin, professor of Sociology, echoed Cherington's wish that Radcliffe girls would argue with and challenge their professors more. "Both Harvard and Radcliffe students are orderly, docile, and peaceful compared to the Russian 'revolutionary' students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The 'Cliffe Girl: An Instructor's View | 4/18/1953 | See Source »

...Harvard Debate Council will engage England's University of Cambridge in a forensic duel tonight at 8 p.m. in the New Lecture Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debate Council and University of Cambridge to Argue Dollar's Role in English Economy | 2/26/1953 | See Source »

...basis of comparative records, Coach Bob Pickett's squad rates as a slight underdog in today's contest. Army beat Brown, but the Bruins made their match with the Cadets a closer duel than the Crimson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestlers Rated Slight Underdogs At Brown Today | 2/14/1953 | See Source »

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