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UNIVERSITY: Sinclair Lewis plus Hollywood now equals two Academy Awards. Elmer Gantry is the movie: and if it's more Eastman Color than scandolous revivalism, why no one cares overmuch. For, in truth, Elmer proves to be a very entertaining and lavishly constructed film. Burt Lancaster (who copped one of those towards) is a share hypocrite indeed at Sect Leader; and Jean Simmons and Shirley Jones (the other Award reciplent) are admirable as his womenfolk. Daily...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON WEEKLY CALENDAR | 5/26/1961 | See Source »

What these people chiefly disliked about Roosevelt is that he did want to change things, and many of them found reason to scorn him. "His smart friends tended to regard him as overmuch of an intellectual," according to Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., "and the girls of his own set called him 'the featherduster' because of supposedly shallow and priggish qualities...

Author: By Philip M. Boffey, | Title: Franklin Delano Roosevelt at Harvard | 12/13/1957 | See Source »

...very close together; after almost every flight the X-3 is torn apart to remove some of its hazards. Between flights, Bill can enjoy his considerable salary, hunt for abalone on the surf-foaming rocks, and enjoy the guest of the evening in his beach house. If he worried overmuch, he would not be a test pilot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Bill & the Little Beast | 4/27/1953 | See Source »

...Pravda doesn't like it overmuch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOR JOE McCARTHY | 9/30/1952 | See Source »

...advice to thrust on those who do. He likes to tell of one friend who drinks deeply and then often calls Lee up to tell him what's wrong with S.M.U. Football is another thing that President Lee takes in stride. It does not worry him overmuch that S.M.U. consistently has one of the best football teams in the U.S. Texas likes good football, and so does Umphrey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Newest Shining Wonder | 2/19/1951 | See Source »

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