Word: offs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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I was interested in your discussion of [CBS President] Frank Stanton's attitude toward Person to Person [Nov. 2], and feel inclined to take up the cudgels for Mr. Murrow. I was on this program two years ago. When you state that it is "vaguely" rehearsed, you are right...
Although the Leyte Gulf Battle was 15 years ago, it seems as yesterday. My submarine, Darter, along with Dace, commanded by my classmate Captain B. D. Claggett, with two of the best crews ever to go aboard submarines, held swimming call 15 years ago this morning for Admiral Kurita and...
Harvard proceeded to run off 20 straight victories before Brown managed a tie in 1914. The Crimson pushed its streak to 23 Brown games without a loss in 1915, but the next fall the Bruins finally came through with a win, by the score of 21 to 0.
Particularly effective is Holbrook's timing. He takes time out to light a fresh cigar, flick some ashes off, or just blow smoke into the air--and often takes this time off just before the punch line of a story, a pause that makes the tag all the funnier. And...
The other major performers are mostly wooden or inconsistent. In the first act, Daniel Markowich (Osvald Alving) fails to suggest any of the intense fear which must haunt him. After one convincing scene--when he tells of his disease--Markewich's performance again trails off until, toward the end, his...