Word: polos
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...accent will be on size, color, and spectacle. Director Richard T. Heffron '55 has de-emphasized the air of Babbitry with which O'Neill surrounded the character of Marco Polo and made him into a Bunyanesque hero, and the production will be one of the most elaborate in HDC history...
Also among the principals are Colgate Salsbury '57 as Niccolo Polo, Andre Gregory '56 as Mafflo Polo, and Arthur Loeb '54 as Tedaldo, the Pope...
...bare, dimly lit squadron headquarters at Hanoi's Bach Mai Airfield, the lieutenant colonel pulled on his overalls and told us: "The operation tonight is called Polo. The drop planes are Banjo One, Two, Three, and so on. Ours is the command plane, but we will also carry a load of 60 parachute flares to drop if the Viet Minh attacks and our comrades on the ground need light for shooting. Our radio identification is Luciole...
...girl (Elizabeth Taylor), back home to his tea plantation in Ceylon. Their house is an Oriental palace with all the Occidental conveniences, but the bride does not like the life in it. Her husband and his assistants work hard all week, and on weekends have wild parties and play polo on bicycles in the main hall. All. that is, except one (Dana Andrews), the second in command, who prefers to play sonatas...
...standing (he has racked up four marriages to Barbara's five), the round was clearly his. Although he renounced all claims to share Babs's money, he collected a handsome dowry while the getting was good. Reported items: a $200,000 airplane, a string of blue-blooded polo ponies, $800,000 worth of other knickknacks...