Word: isn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Explained Beck in London: "My schedule isn't an ordinary schedule. It keeps me moving all the time." Nonetheless, said he, "I have no objection to appearing before any committee"-as long as it does not "interfere with my schedule...
...another one. We get these all the time." The telephone rings again. This time the United Press is calling from New York, wanting to know if it is true that the Negroes have placed a guard on their leaders' homes and churches. "Why, yes," says King, "but it isn't new. We've been watching them for some time now." In an alcove next to a Coca-Cola machine, the Rev. Ralph Abernathy works at his desk, making final preparations for that night's mass meeting...
...Read a Book) Adler, a longtime friend, who admits "my own low fascination with the show" but adds: "I'm aghast that anyone would have this kind of information in his head. I wouldn't be caught dead with it. I just can't believe it isn't a mental burden."* Others, including faculty members at St. John's itself, point out that Van Doren's mind comes through on TV not as a card-index file but as a reasoning instrument that explores a memory clearly embedded in taste...
...will play until he's beaten. That's the kind of guy he is." Van Doren's parents tell him that the show is taking up too much of his time, that he can't possibly be thinking of anything else. "I tell them it isn't so," he says. "But of course, it is." If he decides to stop, he will probably be swayed less by the risk of loss or the dwindling prospect of gain than by the time he needs to write his Ph.D. dissertation and attend to his calling...
...isn't a brutal movie. Often it is lovely, thanks to the actors, who are exceptional. None of them overstate their roles. Michele Morgan is additionally the most beautiful actress alive. Next to her, I found Line Noro's performance in the difficult role of Amelie most telling. If you arrive on time, you will also see the second of the Brattle's weekly installments of Vivaldi. They are fine travelogues, and this week's season is Autumn...