Word: nicely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, which Ramfis attended in between nightclub-commando exercises, came the word: the young general "did not successfully complete the course." Lest Ramfis lose himself in remorse, kindly Uncle Héctor Trujillo, figurehead President of the Dominican Republic, provided a nice nongraduation present: appointment to the newly created post of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the country's armed forces...
...Spell (Hal Wallis; Paramount) is a sensitively observed and breathingly real tragedy of family life. Alma Duval (Shirley Booth) is a nice, warm, middle-aged body, given to sentiment, running to fat, the kind of woman whose world is bounded by porch and kitchen, husband and kids. She lives in a pleasant, old-fashioned house in a middle-class section of New Orleans, and her man (Anthony Quinn), a virile, still handsome Cajun ("They always stay young and excitable"), runs a successful employment agency. The three children are good-looking and intelligent. The oldest (Earl Holliman) is a live wire...
...would be nice, of course, if public schools were well enough staffed so that they could operate responsibly on their own with about as much parental interference as the Overseers exert at Harvard. But they are not, and, since parents are their sole support, they do have a right to take a strong interest in the way in which they are being run. The belief in equality of and for all held so strongly by so many in the United States, increases the interest of parents in schools: "I know as much about my child's needs...
...CRIMSON asked his opinion of the sexual segregation encouraged by the counselors. The young man answered simply, "That's good." His counselor the young man reported, is "nice," but, upon the admonition of the CRIMSON reporter, he reported that he had already murdered...
...Larkin. that's me,' Pop said . . . 'Larkin by name. Larkin by nature. What can I do for you? Nice wevver...