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...show that introduced Broadway to Eartha Kitt. And since Miss Kitt is sensational, that should be enough to guarantee the revue some sort of immortality. A dusky beauty, Miss Kitt is as feline as her name, sometimes playful, often with her claws showing. Her voice is equally unpredictable--a mellow huskiness which rises to a wail like fingernails on a blackboard. When she stalks on stage, it is not to win the favor of her audience. Instead, she toys languorously with her show-stopping song "Monotonous" and the result is electrifying...

Author: By Arthur J. Langguth, | Title: New Faces of 1952 | 4/7/1953 | See Source »

...Mellow & Gracious. Queen Mary came to embody that enduring sense of the past that lives in the present, which is the Englishman's special love. As the court went into a 30-day mourning period (which will end before the coronation), one who strongly shares this sense of past & present spoke her requiem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Life & Death of a Queen | 4/6/1953 | See Source »

...Queen Mary will long live mellow and gracious in all our memories . . . We pray that she may now rest in peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Life & Death of a Queen | 4/6/1953 | See Source »

...gingerly last week when the first leg of a month's flying tour* of Europe brought him to London, the heart of the conspiracy. British newsmen went eagerly to bait him in his suite at Claridge's. Only one got in, was startled to find him unexpectedly mellow, even complimentary. "I think you [British] are coming on a bit," said the colonel. After a thoughtful pause, he added: "There's one thing which always strikes me when I come to England-that's the good manners of everyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Mellowed Colonel | 4/6/1953 | See Source »

...Mellow had a bad night in the K. of C. pole vault, and missed third place honors there. A bad spill in the third leg of the mile relay stymied a fine Crimson entry in the same meet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Runners Gain Support From Single Stars | 1/24/1953 | See Source »

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