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...situation much better on those streets which are one way. For one of the real dangers of the parking problem lies in fire--it is virtually impossible to maneuver a large hook-and-ladder through a maze of parked cars on a narrow street. The fire threat is especially prevalent on some of the cluttered, crowded streets in the more run-down areas of the city, notably around Inman Square, but is also applies to the University. Last spring a grease fire broke out in the Lowell House kitchen, and it was only with the greatest amount of sweating...

Author: By Philip M. Boffey, | Title: Parking: Harvard's Perennial Problem | 9/25/1957 | See Source »

...figure on the floor from a clay pipe, broken bits of pottery and an olive branch. But he never uttered a sound. "I do not talk," Picasso had told NBC. "I only paint." In a fascinating finale, Pablo, bare-chested and wearing soiled black shorts, clambered up a ladder and with no preliminary sketches drew dancing goddesses across the wall of a chapel with an ease and grace that made genius look simple. The stunning close-ups of his works (pink eyes, blue breasts) provided color-conscious NBC with its best argument for color...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Sunday Sops | 9/23/1957 | See Source »

...order to get to know the people who will eventually make decisions on scripts. On Friday say, 'I'll fix that for you over the weekend,' then come back with it done on Monday. The Big Boss thinks you're clever and you have a foot-hold on the ladder...

Author: By Anna C. Hunt, | Title: Johnston Considers Position of Dramatist | 8/14/1957 | See Source »

...venal boss's offer of his old job and success, measured out in such tired clichés as mere money, prestige and social standing. Instead, he clings nobly to his massive martini shaker and the vague notion that he would rather be "some place down the ladder where he can use his energies naturally-not be afraid all the time-be himself." Despite an occasionally listless script ("Oh dear, I can't stand the sight of blood"). Success got its savor from fine performances by Dependable Actress Eileen Heckart and TV's perennial Big-Business Boss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Review | 8/12/1957 | See Source »

...Theatre on the Green appears to be climbing a platonic ladder of laughs, and with the current production of Shaw's Man and Superman the company has reached a high rung which will prove difficult...

Author: By George H. Watson, | Title: Man and Superman | 7/18/1957 | See Source »

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