Word: fill
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dress rehearsal was scarcely finished last week when Songwriter Sammy Cahn shouted to Producer Jerry Wald that the award-giving ceremony of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was not going to fill its allotted time. "You know more than NBC?" growled Wald. "Yes," shot back Cahn. But no one was listening. Next day, when the show went on for TV audiences across the U.S., it was short indeed. It was also pretty bad. Even the early part of the show was poorly organized, unimpressively staged, and sometimes blatantly vulgar. At the end, M.C. Jerry Lewis was left...
After shuffling his infielders around to smooth out weaknesses and to fill a gap at first base, Samborski now has a regular quartet of players, all from Massachusetts. The key man in the infield is Mike Drummey, of North Andover, a peppy little player now settled at second base. His partner in the double-play combination-and it's a good one--is Dave Morse. A former Vermont Academy athlete from Hingham, Morse will start at shortstop today...
...shown considerable versatility in the outfield, at third, and at short in the early season and has just recently been moved to the first pase position. Jim Dwinell, former Choate hockey and baseball player, is Samborski's choice for a starting role at third base but is able to fill in equally well at any of the infield positions...
...Lowell House Polemic Society, named "for a mermaid tavern" according to its founder Carl J. Green '61, was organized last week to fill a need for "Ford dinners without the dinner...
David Holmes, however, is a doubtful starter since his face was badly lacerated in practice this week. Resulting from a blow by Shag Shaunessey, the injury required twelve stitches. Frank Schwartz will fill in for forward Dick Baker, who is also unable to play...