Word: hand
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Proceeding, perhaps, on the tenable theory that what they had in hand was a revival of O'Casey's play with occasional interpolated musical numbers, the producers engaged Melvyn Douglas and Shirley Booth to play Captain and Mrs. Boyle. Nothing in their performances compensates for their egregious violation of the rule that he who can't sing, shouldn't. Mr. Douglas at least does a good gruff job on what emerges as a thoroughly nasty character, but Miss Booth, in what should be a congenial role, seems almost uncomfortable; her famous infectious warm-heartedness is unaccountably missing, as well...
...other hand, Crimson coach Cooney Weiland is wondering where to put all of his rediscovered talent. The first line will remain intact, but the second line will consist of Paul Kelley, Les Duncan and Bill Collins. The latter can scrap around the offensive zone and make a nuisance of himself to Brown defensemen...
...time he got set to cough it was too late. She had gone on by and the shine was all over. The boy retied his laces, and just as he did the right one, it broke in his hand...
...thanked him, upon leaving, for giving me some of his valuable time, he placed his hand upon my shoulder, and ushered me out with this parting shot: "Do you love the truth? I love the truth...
...existence, instruments of aggressive diplomacy. If both sides concede that total war would be cataclysmic, a sizable advantage in weaponry enables one side to push its case much more firmly. A weaker opponent cannot rationally afford to meet his opponents' raise, especially if each side knows the other's hand. If the Soviets can marshal a substantial missile margin they can force peripheral issues and fragment our alliances by bullying smaller nations into neutrality. In short, our missile supply may be sufficient to discourage Russian attack once the brink of war is reached; but when the Soviets possess missile superiority...