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Much as changed since that first meet, Now the Cohasset, Mass. native is the experienced senior, the one the freshmen rally around. "She has been the focal point of the freshman group." coach Pappy Hunt said. "They look up to her tremendously...
...this conglomeration of technical fluidity and focal images that the heart of the movie beats. As a statement of a man's life isolated in the flow of history, it stands as a testimony to Napoleon. As a tapestry of a bloody time begetting yet another, it is unparalleled. Now, as in 1927, Napoleon reflects the vision of an era, through the unique vision of Abel Gance.Mamaroneck, N.Y., 1921 Abel Gance congratulated by D.W. Griffith after the American premiere of J'accuse...
This was clearly a lesson Thomas Hoving, Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from 1967 to 1977, took very much to heart. During his tenure, he transformed the Met into a focal point of the art world and the public, performing feats of public relations with practiced deftness. He never hesitated to acquire art, often by questionable means, and enjoyed paying handsomely for his sport. His most notable exploit was the acquisition, in 1972, of the Calyx Crater, a large Greek urn of dubious origin and value, for which the museum generously paid $1 million, plus...
Besides the intangibles, Harvard will have to contend with a well-oiled UMass attack which, as in previous seasons, makes use of a short-passing, ball-control attack. Scalise points to mid-fielder Madeline Mangini--the Minutemen's "best all-around player"--as the focal point of that attack; Mangini was instrumental in both of the Harvard defeats last year...
...twenties, firmly established himself as the focal point of a circle of wits who gathered at the brunches he held in his 57th street apartment, dubbed "Wits' End" by Dorothy Parker, Secure in his work, he prospered during the Depression. He travelled frequently, lecturing, observing, collecting anecdotes. Notoriously cheap, he "allowed" members of the organizations sponsoring his lectures to put him up for the night. His cutting rudeness as a guest inspired the George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart collaboration, The Man Who Came To Dinner. Woollcott's jabs seemed to delight him as much as they did his audience...