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...moments, even a flash-forward in which the now dead grandmother describes her search for "life after eternity." This complex material stays clear, thanks to adept direction by Lynne Meadow and remarkable performances by Jennie Moreau as the girl, Eileen Heckart as her tart-tongued grandmother and especially Joanna Gleason as the woman in between, the focal point of family guilt. Eleemosynary, which has ripened in regional productions, is Blessing's finest work, an enriching tale of sin, regret and forgiveness...
Nothing, in short, about her prior career hinted that she could be as deft and daring as Harold Lloyd, as rubber-faced as Bert Lahr, as touching as Chaplin -- and more ladylike than Milton Berle. Along with the other foremost icon of the '50s Golden Age of TV, Jackie Gleason, Ball was a larger-than-life talent uniquely suited to the small screen. Her signature series, I Love Lucy, and its successors endured more than two decades in prime time, from 1951 to 1974, one of the few immutables in a sea of social change. Lucy, seen in more than...
...think it's fine that they're electioneering," said HRAAA member Herbert Gleason, who received Malkin's letter...
...think [the election] should be open and out front," said HRAAA member Herbert Gleason, who received Malkin's letter. "I'm not at all complaining about people's being committed to their cause...
...competition was begun in 1938 "to encourage the idea of competition in academic subjects in colleges," according to Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy Andrew M. Gleason, a former team coordinator. The contest is named for William Lowell Putnam (1882), whose trust fund sponsors the event...