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Earlier in the evening, Emerson stayed with the Blue's O'Connor until the last lap, when the Ell junior opened a comfortable lead to win the 100-yard breaststroke. O'Connor did 1:00.5 for a pool record, Emerson was timed in 1:02.9. The Crimson's Ralph Zani, third in the 200 breaststroke, took fifth in the shorter distance, although his time was better than the fourth place finisher...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Yale Swimmers Star in Final Easterns Session | 3/23/1953 | See Source »

...heart-break is so genuine that you forget entirely that the role is a tour de force by an actress twice the age of the character she's portraying. Triumphing over the stereotype of the colored Earth Mother, Miss Waters is a Mammy with more than a hospitable lap. Her portrait of the cook, Bernice, is a rich, full personality with the compassion and placid wisdom of experience. These two performers make the film a moving drama. But at the same time, Member of the Wedding shows clearly that for all the versatility of the camera, something is lost when...

Author: By R. E. Oldenburg, | Title: Member of the Wedding | 3/16/1953 | See Source »

Some 25 hopefuls were on hand, not including several key men. Paul Murphy, last year's freshman shortstop, is ineligible, while last year's varsity third baseman Ray Maosaka has too heavy a lap schedule to play this spring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Few Come to First Baseball Session at Briggs Yesterday | 3/10/1953 | See Source »

...Council will not hold an election at all, if a total of at least 20 petitions are not received at the Council's Phillips Brooks House office by 5 this afternoon, Baumgartner stated. Instead, the Council will drop the matter into the '53 Class Committee's lap to settle "probably by appointment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '53 Committee May Pick Men For Class Day | 3/9/1953 | See Source »

...Ansco color with the Natural Vision process (special polarized glasses for viewers), Bwana Devil gives a blurry illusion of depth. Producer-Writer-Director Arch Oboler, onetime radio scriptwriter, uses three-dimension as a trick rather than a creative tool. The moviegoer seems to see a lion leaping into his lap, a native throwing a spear from the screen. But even in 3-D, Bwana Devil is a singularly flat adventure yarn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Mar. 2, 1953 | 3/2/1953 | See Source »

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