Word: pearsons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Canadians are ever conscious of the "colossus of the South." Last week at a Pilgrim Society dinner in Manhattan, Secretary of State for External Affairs Lester Bowles Pearson pronounced the current Canadian view of the colossus...
...Reign of Terror." He had no malice -or at least he admits none now. In all his years around Washington, apparently the only person he disliked was Columnist Drew Pearson. "The punishment for noncooperation with Pearson can be quite terrible, as many public officials have found"-among them, he records, the late Secretary of Defense James Forrestal. George thinks the Pearson "reign of terror now one of the least inspiring aspects of the Washington spectacle...
...Francis Sweeny Committee, first organized to fight the Christian Front Movement, is a nation-wide organization which does research into the activities of "nationalistic, anti-Semitic, and Red-baiting organizations," according to Allen. The group has many publicity channels, he says, such as Drew Pearson and, in this area, The Boston City Reporter...
...Duke of Bristol, it seems, is about to lose his ancestral home. His brother Gerard, played by Ralph Michael, invites the family to work on his farm, but they recoil from the idea in horror. Providence appears in the form of the American millionairess, played by Beatrice Pearson. After a great deal of to-do she and Gerard get together, as you might know they would. The play is short on action and long on talk, a great deal of which takes place inside a gloomy drawing-room set by Edward Gilbert. Most of the time the 14 characters just...
Gerard probably has the most indestructible virtue of any fictional character since Joseph Andrews. Locked in a small room at night with his ladylove, Gerard displays an attitude that is beyond belief, especially in view of the physical attractions Miss Pearson offers. Michael plays his part staunchly and with great stamina. Miss Pearson doesn't come off quite so well, but one finds it easy to excuse her for not being as good an actress as she might be. Melville Cooper is properly cynical as a Lord with no money and even less "family pride...