Word: hurs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reading wheels," with the spokes representing various books read. Eighth-graders must report on a book a week. But in all reading, the experts insist, each Johnny should proceed at his own level. For the 15-year-old who can only manage fourth-grade books, such classics as Ben Hur and The Count of Monte Cristo have been simplified accordingly...
...outside of Madrid, Director-Producer Robert Rossen was busy shooting his multimillion-dollar spectacle, Alexander the Great, using an army of more than 5,000 extras. And M-G-M was waiting its turn to rent the 1,000 horses Rossen is using before starting its own extravaganza, Ben Hur...
...Massachusetts' 17th Legislative District (southwestern Boston), Real-Estate Man Chester K. Wickes was trudging along in a field of 18 Democratic candidates for state representative. He had never run for office before, and seemed to have little chance to win. But when Hur ricane Carol swept through Boston a fortnight ago, Candidate Wickes remembered that story about an ill wind...
...Harlow suddenly became a platinum blonde, Max Factor was ready with the bleach to help thousands follow suit. By the '30s, scores of Hollywood pictures carried the Max Factor name in their credits. Biggest single order: 600 gallons of body paint for the bronze-skinned characters in Ben Hur...
During the same month the Pudding celebrated its 80th year with a show called '"76," an historical satire hailed as the best show since the war, the Revolutionary War, that in. In town, Catherine Cornell was starring in "The Green Hat" and Ben Hur showed before packed houses...