Word: gun
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Kelly Green took an early lead in the race and Jim Cairns of the Crimson was fourth at the gun. On the second lap, however, he passed runners from Morgan State and Villanova, and finished his quarter...
...Prophet with a Gun" [Jan. 16] is a masterly handling of the most complex political problem of our times. Where hopes and fears, religion and politics, dreams and nightmares are so grievously mixed, any complete story is impossible. It may be too idealistic to ask for a solution through love, but, having long known Palestine, I feel that the present hatred endangers not only the small, struggling state of Israel but the world as well...
...gun cracked. Grishin pushed into his start. Down the first straightaway he flashed, arms swinging in time with his skates. At the turn his speed pulled him wide; he leaned hard to stay on course. Under his flying feet, steel blades brushed snow at the lane's edge. One more turn and he tore into the stretch...
Even straight-faced Bogart must have realized that Dead Reckoning was not a "gun-gutter-gal" thriller. Although Bogart is periodically covered by guns, blood, and Elizabeth Scott, it is impossible to take the movie seriously. This is not a flaw, since Dead Reckoning is a great if unintentional comedy. Most of the humor comes from double meanings and the ensuing snickers from the audience. The snickers become howls when Bogart gives his deadpan comments on ludicrous situations. (After an all-encompassing embrace with Lizabeth Scott he notes, "I hate every inch of her." And he should know...
...worked summer vacations as an entertainer in New York's borscht circuit, later spent a year touring 40 states with a Major Bowes unit as part of a three-man comedy act called The Micro Maniacs. Drafted into the Army in 1942, Minor rose to command a machine-gun company in the Normandy invasion (where he received the Purple Heart), went back to civilian life in 1946 with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and returned to Ohio State, where he graduated as top man in his law school class. In 1949 he became administrative assistant to Ohio...