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Last of all, Thayer David presents a thoroughly revolting amusing, and accurate Pandarus. Once again it is remarkable how well he can play doddering old men (John of Gaunt last year). His voice and actions are completely convincing...

Author: By Herbert P. Gleason, | Title: Troilus and Cressida | 12/9/1948 | See Source »

...first that he must be a ghost. Then she realized that she was one. For a while, Lester and her sniveling girl friend Evelyn (they had been killed by the same crashing plane) were lonely in the soundless, deserted London they haunted. But then they got involved with a gaunt, ascetic emissary of the Devil named Simon Leclerc (he was disguised as a popular religious leader and preached about Love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Theological Thriller | 11/8/1948 | See Source »

...last week a gaunt and hungry tomeat approached Agassiz Hall in Radcliffe Yard. The girls looked upon this tragic figure of a cat, and took pity. They took it in and fed it scraps from a tuna fish sandwich...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Alley Denizen Cope Week's Fare from Agassiz Pet Fans | 10/15/1948 | See Source »

...week members of the Stern gang, who haunt the Galina café on Tel Aviv's Herbert Samuel Esplanade, had been telling correspondents that they intended to deal with Count Folke Bernadotte. Posters appeared showing Bernadotte's gaunt figure, his hair flying, being kicked out of Israel by a huge boot. The caption read: "Advice to Agent Bernadotte: Get out of our country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Man of Peace | 9/27/1948 | See Source »

Very Slowly. Few, if any, of them will live to see the final restoration. Gaunt, 60year-old Dom Francesco Vignanelli, who once taught architecture in the Abbey's seminary, will be lucky to see the end of his own special task. From dawn to nightfall he sits in a shack, cataloguing and patching together the fragments of Monte Cassino's treasures: arms and heads of statues, chunks of carved wood, tiny bits of mosaic. "It goes very slowly," he said. "Still, we've rebuilt six statues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Succisa Virescit | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

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