Word: latters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...British owner of millions and a title, Guinness has an easy assignment. He is seldom called on to do more than say a few lines or leer a bit at his young escort. He does the latter admirably, but without suggesting the talents as a comedian which he has shown in most of his earlier pictures. However, Odile Versois, the salesgirl, is an engaging contrast to Guinness' somber tweeds. As a sort of personification of the infinite possibilities offered by Paris in April, she burbles and bubbles over with joie de vivre. Next to her, even the sleek and well...
...primary burden of responsibility for an illegal sale of alcoholic beverages to minors should rest with the vendor and not the minor unless the latter has falsified his age," the Governor said in his veto message...
...moment doubt that [the U.S.S.R.] will continue her efforts through other means. Let us not be disturbed by it. Let none of us suffer an inferiority complex because of it. Errors of judgment, mistakes in strategy and tactics are not prerogatives only of the Western powers. If the latter remain resolute and united, they can look forward to the future with confidence . . . To put it bluntly, our very survival is at stake, and the nations of Western Europe know...
...According to a survey by Living Church magazine, both houses of the Congress are dominated numerically by Methodists (105 members) and Roman Catholics (82 members). Presbyterians are third (68 members), Baptists fourth (66 members), Episcopalians (53 members), Congregational-Christians (31 members). Lutherans (21 members), Disciples of Christ (8 members), Latter-day Saints (8 members), Jews (7 members), Reformed (5 members), Friends (3 members), Unitarians (3 members). Remainder: Unspecified and Others...
...Glass Slipper breathes, as Lili did, the atmosphere of a latter-day fairy tale. It is, in fact, the Cinderella story rewritten with the sort of sophistication best confined to the perfume ads. The prince (Michael Wilding) no longer loves his lass just because she is beautiful. He admires her "great agonized . . . rebellious eyes." The glass slipper is now made of "the finest Venetian glass." And the fairy godmother (Estelle Winwood) is a queer old dear who wanders around saying "window sill" because it sounds so nice...