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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...banker's bed, is the only member of the cast who seems really to be having a good time. Her acting is exaggerated, but happy. As the inevitable French butler, Earl Edgerton is dull, but in the role of a half-mad old man, David Roberts gives the finest performance of the evening. He is imaginative, witty and relaxed. In contrast, Lucia French, playing a disillusioned actress, seems embarrassed and tense...

Author: By Larry Hartmann, | Title: Hotel Universe | 5/17/1956 | See Source »

Vellucci also asserted that President Pusey's criticism of the Cambridge school system demands an apology. "We have probably the finest public schools and best-paid teachers anywhere in America." he stated...

Author: By Blaise G. A. pasztory, | Title: Vellucci Votes Against Own Confiscation Plan | 5/15/1956 | See Source »

...would like to congratulate you on the splendid April 2 article on Ambassador Angus Ward, sometime U.S. Consul General in Kenya. Having had the pleasure of knowing him, I would like to say that he was one of the finest "genuine" gentlemen one could ever hope to meet, and a wonderful ambassador for his great country. During his term in Nairobi Mr. Ward did not have a "bearded Korean hen," but he did have two most impressive long-legged Manchurian cats which were very important members of the Ward household. When Mr. Ward finally left Nairobi for his new post...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 14, 1956 | 5/14/1956 | See Source »

...weekend regatta on the Charles, Harvard's sailors defeated eight of the East's finest crews and won their first Eastern Championship in four years. The win made the Crimson and second-place Brown eastern entries in the National Championship races to be held at Detroit next month...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sailors Win Regatta To Win Eastern Title | 5/14/1956 | See Source »

...when he gets through with them, the dull lines are still dull. Supprisingly enough, much the same is true for Martyn Green, who pays one of the monks. The star of many Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, Green has demonstrated in the past that he is one of the finest, if not the finest, of the singing comedians working today. But Shangri-La, for the most part a determinedly serious show, gives him no chance at all to display his comic talents. The only real honors go to Susan Cabot, as the missionary. A talented comedienne with a large voice...

Author: By Thomas K. Schwabacher, | Title: Shangri-La | 5/9/1956 | See Source »

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