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Director Mervyn LeRoy lets the pace lag from time to time, but relief is ever nigh. And are the gags still funny? Very, very...
...initiative, strength and perseverance displayed in attempting to prevent or limit war operations and restore peace." It was a high point in his career, but Suez also cost him his immunity to criticism carried over from his years as a civil servant. The time for a national election drew nigh, and Tory Howard Green, who eventually followed Pearson as External Affairs Secretary, accused him of "knifing Canada's best friends in the back" over Suez. That was the first taste that Pearson had of the blunt world of politics. Within six weeks after the Nobel award, the high point...
...Crimson fencing team had a fairly easy time disposing of M.I.T. last nigh, out-dueling the Engineers 17-10. The team, led by Dan Kirsch and Pete Busch, was especially outstanding, as the fencers prepared for their match with C.C.N.Y. this Saturday...
...real issues had been verbalized nigh unto death. And so, as the tensions mounted in the final week of the 1962 campaign, many candidates and their supporters turned to savage personal attack...
...Glee Club and the Choir in concerts given in many eastern cities. She founded the Smith College Chamber Singers, who have made six European tours. According to the Christian Science Monitor, "Miss Hiatt is a master of her craft and art...Under her supple hands the chorus sounded well-nigh flawless---secure, sonorous, and full of spirit...