Word: hardes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...good deal was riding on this attempt at repertory. Its failure indicates that Americans (there is no reason to suppose that Bostonians are unique) do not want good theatre, and will not take it when it is offered. It will be hard now to read the success of a good play as indicating anything except that an audience has been stampeded by hit psychology, coaxed by affection for a favorite star, dragged by dumb loyalty to a particular critic, or tempted by the possibility of sexual excitement...
...hard to blame a pitcher, however, for being slightly off his form in his first varsity start before a hostile crowd, and Cook demonstrated his capabilities dramatically last Saturday against North-eastern when he came in from the bullpen with the bases loaded and struck out the batter on three pitches. By all odds, Cook should be in top shape today...
...many of them years older than he. "One had to in a sense work harder, because of the generation gap... And that I think was invaluable. One couldn't just get off a few flip epigrams and hope to make a reputation for oneself--one had to do some hard thinking...
Beauty & Food. The hard-hit appliance industry came back in strength. Earnings of Whirlpool Corp. were up sharply from last year's 29^ a share to 80^. With sales up 12% in the first quarter, Borg-Warner Corp.'s President Robert S. Ingersoll announced a 45% hike in earnings, noted that Borg-Warner has "a very substantial portion" of the parts orders for the Ford and General Motors small cars. Admiral Corp., reported a profit on a sales rise of 15%. Said President Ross D. Siragusa: "All the bad things are behind...
...says Author Ogburn, 48, who was there as a second lieutenant, "no one had the stomach to try to establish the facts." From the pockets of one of the slain Japanese spilled two objects common to men at war: a cheap gilt Buddha and a contraceptive device. "It is hard to say which is the more unnerving." reflects Ogburn on seeing these evidences of sacred and profane love, "the thought of your enemy's inhumanity when he is alive or the spectacle of his humanity when he lies dead...