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...heard since the poets of the Dingle Bay, and it very nearly keeps this straightforward and modest little film version of Playboy out of trouble. But trouble there is. Siobhan McKenna, for all her gloriously peat boggy voice and her fine face with its mouth shaped like a shamrock leaf, is 20 years too old to be playing the fiery-tempered Pegeen opposite the likes of boyish Gary Raymond. A pity, too, for the magic goes well until a closeup breaks the spell...
Defensively, the varsity is probably better off than last year, according to Munro. Captain Al Straus and Charlie Kessler are proven performers in front of Gil Leaf in the Crimson nets. Veteran Chip Gray along with sophomores Fred Gates, John Carroll and Ron Jennings will vie for the third defensive spot and supply depth and insurance for Munro's secondary...
...Republican draws up his chair to a gleaming cherry wood desk upstairs. Thick maroon carpeting cushions his steps, velvet window draperies smother uncouth sounds, gold leaf gilds the ceiling, a $50,000 painting graces the anteroom. His receptionist answers the phone, saying "Governor Andersen's office." But it does not make the Republican feel any better...
...chairs on either side of Randall were vacant, giving the class a strained formality. After hearing the popular stories about the school's artistic sloppiness, it was surprising to see the girls neatly dressed. Many wore sweaters, mostly shetland. In front of each girl lay an orderly loose leaf notebook, into which the girls made frequent entries. Several girls kept outline notes...
...cathedral-like atmosphere of the world's diamond headquarters, where aged Havana leaf burns like incense and merchants converse in hushed tones, a change is slowly taking place. The De Beers diamond cartel, which has its Central Selling Organization in London and its production fields in Africa, has opened a discreet but energetic campaign to promote the glitter of diamonds to new markets. In the U.S., which traditionally buys one-half of the world's gem diamonds, jewelry has lost some of its shine-people who can afford diamonds often prefer other luxuries, such as trips abroad...