Word: field
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This joke, which was originally made in the French Chamber of Deputies decades ago and which eventually found its way into the anecdote section of the "Readers Digest," is typical of those in the movie. Almost all of the laughs arrive by way of deep left field and are put across with the heavy hand of amateur gag men. This is unfortunate because four of the participants are capable of real humor. Besides the traditional Hepburn-Tracy team, the movie present Judy Holliday of "Born Yesterday" fame and Tom Ewell, who played Ensign Pulver in "Mr. Roberts...
...very important. Still we should no overlook the fact that athletics provide a creative expression of a type not encouraged in the classroom. There is an intellectual as well as a social dimension to teamwork. Judgment, predictive insight, social intelligence can be sharpened immeasurably by experience on the playing field...
...defenders from being screened by the weaving Jumbo offense, he often had them switch men on the outside. This kept the middle so well bottled up that in the first half, Mullaney was the only Jumbo who could break through and score with any consistency. Mullaney got six field goals in the first period, but was held to two in the second. In that period, Tufts had to rely mainly in the long set-shots on Captain Al Perry...
...free throws, the Crimson made seven straight, and, in all 19 for 26, better than 70 per cent. Indeed, Harvard made good 19 charity tosses to Tufts' eight, with both teams scoring 24 field goals...
Students can assign their money to any of six student charities: the World Student Service Fund, the National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students, the Salzburg Seminar, Phillips Brooks House, the American Field Service International Scholarships, and Student Council Scholarships, or to any other national or local charity they choose...