Word: dulls
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first act and replaces Whedon as Clyde for a ballet scene in the second. Norriss has obvious talents but they gain nothing from his fixed smile--an Amateur Hour expression and indeed the only amateurish thing about Norriss. The ballet, choreographer Dolly Niggemeyer's only misstep, is a trite, dull loss for which the dancers cannot be held responsible. Otherwise, the dancing is attractive and the stage is always lively, seldom cluttered...
...fifth formers of Britain's silver-spooned Forest School in Snaresbrook, Essex, Christopher Youngs, 15, seemed too shy to be a leader, too dull to be a dormitory rogue. As a matter of fact, the boys called him Bumblie. But last week old Bumblie had suddenly come into his own. He had some smashing news, he told his classmates one day-and off he went to see Headmaster Gerald Miller...
...diabolically clever"), London's newspapers were having a field day. "What a corker!" cried the Daily Express. "Boy's Hoax Takes in All the School," said the Daily Sketch. "Even Hoaxes the Head," added the News Chronicle. Why had Christopher done it? "Things had been so frightfully dull around here," said the boy who used to be called Bumblie. "I just felt I had to stir something...
...cozy glimpse of a madcap prince's private life, Ali Khan's longtime (19 years) chauffeur and bodyguard, Emrys Williams, disclosed in his memoirs that life with Ali was rarely dull. Things hummed more than usual during Ali's high-octane fling at marriage with mercurial Cinemactress Rita Hayworth. Recalls Williams: "The day after she had dined ... at the home of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, I realized that Rita was determined to remodel the Château de l'Horizon on the lines of the Windsor establishment. Prince Ali's maids...
...teach it. He has the ability to spot at a glance the minor faults causing a player to miss his set shots or layups. Fundamentals play an important part in Wilson's style of play, but he believes in stressing them in scrimmages, not in numerous drills, which are dull, isolated parts of the game...