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...cast as a retired major who shares a flat in Kensington with three maiden ladies (Athene Seyler, Elspeth Duxbury, Hattie Jacques) while together they subside regretfully into "the teatime of life." What to do with themselves? Suddenly one of the dear old things has an inspiration that could lend vast new dimensions to the science of geriatrics: Why not organize a crime syndicate and devote the profits to a Worthy Cause? "Splendid!" cries the major, and in absurdly elaborate military detail he proceeds to plan an assault on the gang's first objective, a fur shop. Naturally, everything that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Comedies | 1/6/1961 | See Source »

...born Texas banker and philanthropist who started in banking on the ground floor (as a sweeper), became president of the South's biggest bank (Dallas' Republic National) at 37, and was one of the first to recognize that below-ground oil was an asset fluid enough to lend vast sums on, thereby freeing other funds for exploration and production; of infectious hepatitis; in Dallas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jan. 6, 1961 | 1/6/1961 | See Source »

...harder the Jumbos pressed, the more fouls they committed, and the more had passes they threw. Their steady, sharp play that marked the first half disintegrated, and the Crimson added to its lend with good ball-handling and deadly foul-shooting...

Author: By Steven V. Roberts, | Title: Kelley Leads Rally in Second Half As Crimson Five Triumphs, 66-57 | 12/16/1960 | See Source »

Response to the poll has reportedly provoked a great deal of interest outside of Cambridge. To discuss the Harvard project--and possibly lend it support--the Afro-American Institute has invited a faculty member and an undergraduate to attend a small meeting in Washington, D.C., according to Michael Hornblow, Vice-Chairman of the undergraduate group that drew up the poll...

Author: By Paul S. Cowan, | Title: 370 Indicate Willingness to Join Peace Corps Project in Nigeria | 12/9/1960 | See Source »

Denni Allen makes a delightful Mephistopheles, somewhat coy and aloof, domineering, and beautifully expansive in his moment, ever tempting Faustus to greater sin. He suffers, however, from a fault which seemed to impede nearly everyone in the cast: an inability to lend sufficient grandeur to his speech. However regal his actions, his voice almost always gives him away...

Author: By Michael S. Gruen, | Title: The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus | 12/9/1960 | See Source »

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