Word: plays
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...North Africa. He is not much of a man and not much of a soldier, and boring desert duty with a handful of French and Arab troops is just what is needed to show him up all the way. The catalytic agent that calls his variety of weaknesses into play is an affair with Ramie, an adolescent Arab girl who becomes Auligny's obsession. Loving her, he begins to think that he loves the Arabs and wants to understand them. Yet all the time he really only uses Ramie to fill an emotional vacuum, just as she is simply...
...Seventh Seal (Swedish). A beautifully photographed attempt to "express the modern dilemma" in terms of the medieval morality play-not everyone's cup of mead, but a powerful brew...
With the stage set for a deciding Crimson touchdown, Brown kindly obliged by twice giving up the ball in its own territory--once on a pass interception, once on a fumble. But the varsity returned the favor both times by incurring 15-yard holding penalties on its first play from scrimmage, killing both opportunities...
Probably disheartened by these muffed chances, the varsity then gave way be- fore the Bruin's relentless touchdown march, the score coming on the game's last play, a roll-out by quarterback Frank Finney...
...completed 12 out of 20 passes in the half, all of them flat and bullet-fast, arrowing directly into the hands of his receivers. He carried the ball only three times, but these netted him 25 yards and two touchdowns. And his play-calling showed real cleverness and poise, especially in the clutch...