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Nancy Walker, the female comic lead, is probably the loudest and most un ingratiating actress on the stage today; Gene Lockhart, her co-star, is an established actor in his own right, but he has no singing voice, and this is, unfortunately, a prerequisite in a musical. There is, of course, a romantic sub-plot running through the play, but since neither of its principals can either sing or dance, it seems hardly worth mentioning...

Author: By Joseph P. Lorenz, | Title: The Playgoer | 1/10/1952 | See Source »

...drove a new Buick on frequent long trips all over the state-on N.A.A.C.P. missions which many a Southern white man could only have construed as dangerous and inflammatory. His voice was one of the loudest raised in protest against the handling of the controversial Groveland rape case in which four Negroes were accused of attacking a 17-year-old housewife, back in 1949. When Lake County. Sheriff Willis McCall killed one of the defendants and badly wounded another while transporting them, handcuffed, along a lonely road last November (TIME, Nov. 19), Moore went further: he campaigned openly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLORIDA: The Uninvited Guest | 1/7/1952 | See Source »

...seconds, there was the loudest hush 5,000 men have ever heard. The inevitable joker uttered the inevitable "pop," but his voice quavered. Then came a flash that outshone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Exercise Desert Rock | 11/12/1951 | See Source »

...assistant conductor of the Dartmouth band will continue the concert with, "As the Backs Go Tearing By," and "Dartmouth's in Town Again."--Another big event will be a conducting competition for girls from the audience, and the winner will be the maestro who draws the loudest applause. Band officials predict stage technique may be more important than a careful rendering of the score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Grad Composers Will Conduct Band Concert | 10/23/1951 | See Source »

...John Pomfret was almost too academic for his own good. The things that began to boom loudest on the shady Williamsburg campus were the things he concerned himself with least. For the first time, the football team began to take on such powerhouses as Michigan State and Boston University. The basketball team played in Madison Square Garden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Resignation at Williamsburg | 9/24/1951 | See Source »

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