Word: knit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Unfortunately, a few people may be disappointed if they go to the picture expecting warmed-over Casablanca. There is only the connection of a common excellence. Most of the roaring successes--many of them also starring Humphrey Bogart, depended on tight-knit plots that, while fine alone, were garnished by unusual characters and brilliant lines. Beat the Devil rambles through the bare vestige of a plot delighting the audience with clever dialogue and swamping the screen with fantastic characters. Humphrey Bogart, for the most part, plays the same role he has perfected over the years. If he was called Rick...
...Moore has this winning formula: "In my book, a player isn't polished until he can play just as well defensively as offensively." So Moore stresses team balance and tight defense instead of trying to build a team around a high-scoring superstar. The Dukes offer a well-knit offense of three players: 6-ft. 7½-in. Junior Dick Ricketts, who has averaged 16.8 points a game this season; 6-ft. 3-in. Sophomore Si Green (13.4 points); and 6-ft. 7½-in. Senior and Captain Jim Tucker (13 points...
Stitch in No Time. A 141-needle knitting machine for home use has been brought out by the Regina Hand Knitting Machine Co. of Boulder, Colo. The manufacturer claims that the gadget can knit ten times as fast as an individual. Price...
...should any who cannot knit up the ravell'd Shiva care? Caldwell Titcomb...
Whether this argument applies to Harvard has frequently been debated; that it completely misses when applied to Radcliffe is certain, however. For the Annex is a small, closely-knit place in which everyone eventually comes to recognize nearly everyone else. Violations of the honor system are usually seen; if the girls do not report each infraction, they do remember them. And there is the undeniable fact that at Radcliffe an honor system is established and has functioned with a moderate degree of success for many years. The most precarious stage in the life of any honor system is its beginning...