Word: humphrey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Every pro tennis promoter feels pretty sure that every amateur has his price. In Australia, Melbourne Promoter Ted Humphrey figured that ?40,000 ($89,600) was about right to buy the Aussies' No. 1 star, Frank Sedgman. Top U.S. Professional Jack Kramer also made his sales pitch to Sedgman, dangled before him the prospect of a money-making world tour...
...business. U.S. Lawn Tennis Association President Russell B. Kingman washed his hands of it: "Judge Sedgman for yourself." Apparently feeling no pangs of conscience, practical Frank Sedgman said: "I propose to buy a home and use the rest for investments." Kicking in $112 for the unique dowry, jilted Promoter Humphrey wished Frank the "greatest possible success." Amateurism had carried...
Chekhov's characters, because of the conflicts in their personalities, are difficult to portray and the people in Ivanov are not so finely drawn as the author's later creations. But for the most part the Brattle cast surmounted the weaknesses in their roles. Cavada Humphrey made a sensitive and pitiful Anna, while Jan Farrand was convincingly naive and noble as the other woman in Ivanov's life. Jerry Kilty and Earl Montgomery turned in fine performances considering the complexity of their roles as washed-out old men. But John Beal, the imported leading man, lacked inspiration. The part...
...boomlet. But in separate press conferences last week, two leading Democratic Senators gave the boomlet another boost. Illinois' Paul Douglas, who still wants Eisenhower for President, still hopes Harry Truman will just go quietly away, noted "increasingly favorable sentiment for Senator Kefauver." Minnesota's Fair Dealing Hubert Humphrey, who still owes his first loyalty to Harry Truman, also dropped the word that Kefauver would make "an excellent candidate...
...Knock on Any Door. It was the story of a murdering hoodlum, written in hoarse tones of social complaint, clearly implying that the whole mess was really society's fault, not the killer's. Many critics liked it, and later it was made into a movie with Humphrey Bogart...