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...people of this nation made a very serious decision last November," shouted Long. "They did not expect us to simply sit here and vote for the Eisenhower program . . . However, we are told when we consider these bills that in order to make the bills vetoproof, we must pare them down ... to the point where they have about one-quarter of the significance we intended. As a result the bills are 90% Eisenhower bills and 10% Democratic amendments...
...central pair of young lovers--"poor little rich girl" Polly (Alice Therese Burns) and rich little messenger boy Tony (Pare Lorentz, Jr.)--also left more than a little to be desired. Miss Burns, who joined the company just two weeks ago, was sweet but not sufficiently at ease, and her singing voice, while pretty, was sometimes lost in the accompaniment. Mr. Lorentz's voice suffered no such indignity, and was among the best on stage, but his acting was otherwise awkward...
Eighteen crews have been rowing from Newell Boat House, but the number will be cut shortly to about 13, as the various squads pare down for practice over spring vacation. Currently the crews are out on the Charles six days a week...
Other leading players are competent, but usually only that. Pare Lorentz suffers from stereotyping. He has played the part of the clean-cut, pure-hearted hero so often in Pudding shows that it is liable to become second-nature to him, unless something is done soon. He has more lines and worse ones than most of the characters, and only one song that he has a chance with. Rupert Hitzig, playing Lorentz's romantic interest, is also hampered by too much dialogue and a weak singing voice. He tries hard with the one song he has that packs any punch...
...than balanced by the downs-new cars, gasoline, fresh fruits, pork, eggs, movie admissions, women's clothing. Net result, as reported last week by the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics: after creeping up to the alltime peak last November, consumer prices slipped downward a little in December to pare the BLS consumer price index two-tenths of a point, to 123.7 (the 1947-49 average: 100). Price forecast for 1959, as most economists see it: renewed upcreep...