Word: nugent
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...William Lucius Graves, read aloud a student theme entitled, My Literary Enthusiasms, in which the dime novels of the day were wittily treated. Before he had a chance to announce the writer's name, the bell rang, and the students streamed out. Thurber found himself walking alongside Elliott Nugent, who was everything on the campus that Thurber was not-athlete, social success, best actor in the dramatic club, class president, idol of the coeds...
...that was a swell piece, wasn't it?" Nugent remarked to the weedy stranger beside him. "I wonder who wrote it." Thurber swallowed. "I did," he said in a dim voice. Nugent stared at Thurber, then introduced himself. The two became best and lifelong friends...
...yard freestyle went to Yale's Don Sheff in 23.2 Rutgers' Bob Nugent missed by two or three inches. Captain Ray Reid of Yale finished third, and Dave Hedberg of Harvard was a very close fourth...
...yard freestyle, the scwabble will be for sixth place. Nugent of Ruggers should beat one of the four Elis, Farnsworth, Munson, Reid, and Sheff, but nobody else can. Huebsch, McNamara, Pratt, and Stroud are the Harvard entries...
...Children (by Elmer Rice; produced by the Playwrights' Company) proved that famous playwrights can also be foolish ones. Elmer Rice attempted to stand a lot of theatrical old hat in the corner while standing the theater itself on its head. Elliott Nugent, as a lecturer who hated the theater, and Betty Field, as one who loved it, sat at opposite ends of the stage and carried on an evening-long comment. The play involved a playwright whose own play involved all the players in Playwright Rice's; and while spoofing onstage setups, it highlighted backstage antics...