Word: locus
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...wouldn't be hard to guess that Ritchard also directed, since he has blocked himself downstage and as the locus of attention all the time, even when he should not be front and center. But it's a neat job of direction. There is some claptrap in the script, trying to impute deeper meanings to a few of the characters, but it's not bothersome. Also a lot of the jazzy repartee reminds one of an old Montgomery-Lombard movie...
...building smothered in snow climbed a husky figure in heavy arctic gear. Dr. Paul Siple. 49. leader of the U.S. encampment at the South Pole, made his way to a spot his group had picked as the exact locus of the earth's bottom, the South Pole. There, he squinted into the wind and looked around. But he took no readings, noted no data. Siple was out for the sheer fun of standing on the pole in the record-breaking cold...
...issue is not simply a clash between academic innocents and villainous politicians. Yet, it is more than merely "the result of the misdirection of the efforts of sincere men." Even assuming that Dorgan et al. are sincere, there are few less open to reason than "righteous" fanatics whatever their locus on the political spectrum. We are not at all convinced that Messrs. Dorgan and Robertson are unrepresentative of the unintelligent approach of at least some of the importantly placed leaders in the investigatory parade. In this sense, the forum of the other evening may have served well in pointing...
George Loeus, Army starter, allowed but four hits, but suffered from lack of control. Only two midshipmen could solve Locus' deliveries: Howie Johnston slammed a triple, double, and single; catcher John Burrington got Navy's only other safety, a bunt single...