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...Kate's mother Mrs. Hardcastle, the inevitable Sheila Hart must be applauded for the style she brings to the production. Her second act entrance with an enormous Marie Antoinette headpiece, complete with decorative clipper ship, is a first rate metaphor of spectacle as the Hum 7 people would say. Her arch delivery makes for a kind of cutting humor that saves this trifle from being just a confectioner's tableaux...

Author: By Gregg J. Kilday, | Title: She Stoops to Conquer | 12/14/1968 | See Source »

...boulevard, gay in the cafe, a good shot at the shoot. A flower delivered each morning to the door for the buttonhole. Put a smile on the face. Keep the collar worn loose at the throat. Move the bowel in the morning like the roar of a lion. Hum a lullaby while you pee. If you want to wear the toupee, which I do not suggest, always carry two. One for the white wine and one for the red. And when you drink the brandy you must of course be completely bald...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Seduced and Abandoned | 12/6/1968 | See Source »

WALTER GRAEBNER London Sir: Ho-hum. Still another derogatory reference to Oshkosh. No, we do not have "the electric excitement of New York," but we do have schools in full operation, firemen and policemen doing their duties, plus regular garbage collection. Interested New Yorkers may contact our Chamber of Commerce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 15, 1968 | 11/15/1968 | See Source »

...last year's top ten, only Hum 7, Ec 1, Soc Rel 10, and Nat Sci 5 remain on this year's list. Soc Sci 112, English 151, and English 160 (another modern drama course) are not being given this year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Alfred's Hum Is Largest Course | 10/17/1968 | See Source »

Alfred said that when he planned the course he hoped his example would encourage more full professors to teach, considering the relatively light load of a half course. This has happened, Alfred said, but more, not fewer, students have enrolled in some of the courses. The size of Hum 7, he said, "bewilders...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Alfred's Hum Is Largest Course | 10/17/1968 | See Source »

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