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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bolles? He is one of this country's finest crew coaches. His record is extraordinary. There is no reason to assume it would not have continued. The College can hardly afford to lose him on the Charles, whatever the gain in the H.A.A. office...
Bolles is certainly not the comparatively "young and vigorous" man the University said it was looking for when it accepted the sudden resignation of William J. Bingham a few months ago. Bingham was 60 years old; Bolles is 48--a difference of only twelve years. Surely this relatively small gain in youthfulness and vigorousness does not explain Bingham's replacement...
...University has painstakingly sought out a fine man for the athletic directorship. But in doing so it has removed, or severely constricted, its most successful coach. Considering the University's statements about the type of man it was seeking, the gain in one post just doesn't seem to balance the loss in the other. Or does this new appointment mark some change in overall administrative policy? That, and the reason for the choice of Bolles are questions which must have interesting answers. They ought to be good answers...
Finally, the unearthly vegetable touches off a conflict between the captain's horse sense and the chief scientist's highfalutin notions. The scientist (Robert Cornthwaite), who is suggestively costumed like a Russian, wants to appease The Thing to gain knowledge; the captain wants to destroy it-if he could only figure out how. For a while, it looks hopefully as if The Thing will destroy the actors. In the end, however, while small-fry moviegoers are brought to a sizzle, man masters the vegetable...
McGee's execution came at 1:01 a.m. (EST), five and one-half years after the crime. Last minute appeals to Chief Justice Fred Vinson and Justice Hugo Black had failed to gain a stay of the execution...