Word: exceptional
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...over, with psychiatry, acting lessons, voice lessons (she hopes to do a musical next). Twice a week she still goes to Manhattan's Institute for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation to work with blind disturbed children. It seems almost by design that she has little time left for dates, except for her platonic friendship with the Three Bears-the fatherly trio of Penn, Coe and Gibson-and with a couple of boys from the Actors' Studio...
...charmed into nonaggression by the old Quaker's "thees" and "thous." Later, Allan searches out John Brown at Harpers Ferry, "to pour out his soul." Before long, he knows that "he was dealing with a lunatic or a martyr." Allan can do nothing, either, with Jefferson Davis, except stare into his eyes and say: "God grant you wisdom, Mr. Davis." Later, he regrets not having "poured out his soul," but he wisely suppresses the impulse again when, in his presence. Abraham Lincoln worries about the Constitution and tells two stories of doubtful humor. Most of the speeches and conversations...
...span of 350 years is a lot to pack into a novel. Yugoslavian Author Andric does it in a splendidly evocative story of his home town, for centuries a meeting place of many races and a target for a variety of conquerors. There is no plot except the rhythm of war and peace, life and death...
...varsity used the customary ladder, except that Romer Holleran was unable to play. The alternates were Bob Schwartzman and Bill Chute, while Ed Vaughan moved into the top nine...
Everything except overconfidence will be on the Crimson squash team's side today, when it meets a weak Amherst squad in an away contest. Since its 8-1 victory over Navy, Harvard ranks as one of the Eastern Intercollegiate League's most dangerous title contenders. Having lost to Navy by an identical score, Amherst is a definite underdog in today's contest...