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Word: porters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cast for both Trial and Pinafore was essentially the same. Morgan Wheelock was the judge, "and a good judge, too." He has mastered the difficult art of patter singing, and it is a pity he did not take the patter role in Pinafore, Sir Joseph Porter. Sir Joseph was played by Jeffery Lewins; he has a fine manner but lacks the driving acidity of tone the patter songs demand. He was more successful speaking than singing...

Author: By Daniel Field, | Title: Gilbert and Sullivan | 12/12/1957 | See Source »

...purposes that will occur to a little girl's mind. There is the chance to go swimming in the fountain of the Place de la Concorde, to sit at Fouquet's and wash one's feet with soda water (like T. S. Eliot's Mrs. Porter), or to turn that strange little porcelain convenience in the hotel bawthroom into a private swimming pool for one's favorite turtle. The fun has worn a little thin by the time Eloise takes Nahnee, the turtle and her collection of champagne corks back to the Plaza, where Room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: La Brat Magnifique | 12/2/1957 | See Source »

Coach Curran plans to start Porter at center. Starting guards will be co-Captain Paul Kallios (5-9) and Ned Larkin (5-11), who averaged 14 points as a sophomore last season. Co-Captain Don Akerson (6-1) and Buck Adanczyk (6-0) will be at forward...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Five Opens Season Tonight | 12/2/1957 | See Source »

Massachusetts, also playing its firts game, lost its star center, Jack Foley, but boasts four returning starters. The team will have a height disadvantage, but U-Mass coach Bob Curran is counting on Norm Porter, the new 6-7 center, to take the major share of rebounds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Five Opens Season Tonight | 12/2/1957 | See Source »

There is a scattering of light verse by E.S. Stewart, who hails Leonard Bernstein as Lampy's hero of the month, and then masticates Cole Porter...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: The Joker's Motley Garb | 11/7/1957 | See Source »

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