Search Details

Word: pecked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Cambridge Committee was organized by Robert Conley '43 and Russell Peck '43, assistant dean at the Law School. Mayor Joseph E. DeGuglielmo '29 and former Mayor Edward A. Crane '35 will conduct the opening, and Borden Stevenson '55, the son of the Presidential candidate, has been invited to attend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Stevenson Center to Open | 9/29/1952 | See Source »

...picture opens in Africa, where toughly sentimental Gregory Peck lies dying of gangrene. While vultures perch hungrily on a nearby tree, Peck trades cynical dialogue with his wealthy wife (Susan Hay ward) and relives some of the juicier parts of his Casanova past. The lovelorn trail begins with Teen-Ager Helene Stanley, who was jilted by Peck in consideration of a new rifle and an assured income from Uncle Leo G. Carroll. Next comes Paris, which gives Director Henry King a chance to create an evocative scene of a hot jazz concert of the 1920s, featuring the alto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Sep. 22, 1952 | 9/22/1952 | See Source »

Between lovers' quarrels and reconciliations, Peck shoots a charging rhinoceros,' fights lukewarmly on the Loyalist side in the Spanish Civil War, writes a succession of bestselling novels, and spends his spare time feeling desperately sorry for himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Sep. 22, 1952 | 9/22/1952 | See Source »

Twelve O'Clock High--Gregory Peck is an air force pilot in this re-release war picture. On the same bill is Canadian Pacific, filmed in color. At E. M. Loew's Center...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENTERTAINMENT IN BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE | 6/16/1952 | See Source »

...imagination that I might not be for it tomorrow . . . Hitting across the Yalu, we could destroy or lay waste all of Manchuria and the principal cities of China if we utilized the full power of the U.S. Air Force . . . But... in my opinion we cannot afford to ... peck at the periphery as long as we have a shoestring Air Force . . . The fact is that the U.S. is operating a shoestring Air Force in view of its global responsibilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: The Warning Siren | 5/12/1952 | See Source »

Previous | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | Next