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...tale tradition of the nebuival'shchina, or humorous tall tale. Duffy takes advantage of the story's fairy-tale quality and frames his adaptation around the premise of a group of adults (Arthur Fuscaldo, Lee Thomsen and Maria Troy) performing the tale to pacify a difficult little girl (Annie Gustavsen) who has locked herself in a basement room, Happily, this device manages not to cross the boundary from charm to terminal cuteness, and while you may occasionally feel like a little malchik being tucked into bed by your babushka, it's hard not to fall for this charismatic production...

Author: By Will Meyerhofer, | Title: Wins by A Nose | 3/18/1988 | See Source »

...junior hit an astounding 9 of 11 from the floor. Harvard Scoring Gallagher 4 2 10 Kanuth 7 3 17 Royer 7 4 18 Grate 3 0 6 Dressler 2 3 7 Beller 0 0 0 Martell 2 0 4 Johnson 3 0 6 Gustavsen 2 3 7 Waickowski 0 0 0 Markowski 0 0 0 Bailey...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Topples Hoopsters, 100 - 75 | 2/25/1967 | See Source »

...several lesser accidents have plagued the mines, at a cost of 74 lives. Several weeks ago, an investigating commission charged official negligence. Last week, after four days of angry debate, the two splinter Socialists joined with the opposition in a no-confidence vote. One of the leftists, Finn Gustavsen, explained that the S.P.P. toppled Gerhardsen because "he has no longer any contact with the working class." There was spite involved, too; Gerhardsen recently appointed that old Communist target, ex-U.N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie, a staunch Laborite, to the post of Minister of Industry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Norway: End of an Institution | 8/30/1963 | See Source »

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