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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...John Kerr cannot give his part the truth it had in the original. Though the adaptation adds to his role a suicide attempt and a pajama fight, he is somewhat wooden; and his awkwardnesses are not those of a boy since he seems, and is, much older than 18. Only Deborah Kerr, as Laura Reynolds, gives her role real depth, and suggests, as the others don't, the loneliness they all share...

Author: By Jonathan Beecher, | Title: Tea and Sympathy | 10/13/1956 | See Source »

...relations with women were even more chaotic. All the great loves of his life were women much older than himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Letters from Leviathan | 10/8/1956 | See Source »

There was general agreement that characteristics of the older Houses could not be duplicated by the new one. Leigh Hoadley, Master of Leverett, said, "I don't think we can possibly go to the expense involved...

Author: By Adam Clymer, | Title: Report on Houses Gains Masters' Partial Backing | 10/6/1956 | See Source »

After stressing the military, strategic, and ideologic importance of the Eurasian land mass, Rostow went on to predict that the central issue of the future would be whether the older West could live in harmony with the never Asia. "The answer may well depend on whether the U.S. actively participates in the Asian adventure or merely sits by and comfortably observes her modernization," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rostow Seeks New Asia Economic Plan | 10/4/1956 | See Source »

Injections will be free for those students who have not reached their twentieth birthday, and cost $1 per injection to those twenty or older...

Author: By Adam Clymer, | Title: University, Annex Give Salk Inoculation Plans | 10/1/1956 | See Source »

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