Word: quests
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...role of army Captain William Paris calls for a degree of quiet insanity well-suited to both Sim and British comedy. As entertainment officer and Chaplain, Paris decides that the weekly groans of a string quartet are hardly a diversion for his troops. To his quest for a program replacement, the Captain applies his own special talents of adroit bungling and naivete. He is essentially a master of the faux pas, breeching social etiquette regularly and filling in the gaps with comic dignity and a pained smile...
There is something so authentically unpleasant about the characters that the play might have some value if it aimed at realism. Aiming as it does at entertainment, it merely proves the shoddy road that can be traveled in the quest for laughs. Anniversary Waltz fetches a laugh, now and then, at the expense of such sitting ducks as TV and progressive schools...
Shaft & Spear. With that much evidence in hand. Book Dealer Keen started off on another quest: How might Shakespeare have come into possession of the Chronicle? The volume did bear one owner's name, Richard Newport, and a date, April 6, 1565. But when Keen investigated the signature, he found that it belonged to a Sir Richard Newport who had lived in Shropshire, some distance from Stratford. Nevertheless, Newport's family tree revealed some promising leads. He was related to a family named Fitton (Mary Fitton was the "Dark Lady" of the Sonnets), which in turn was related...
...Quest. In Atlantic City, N.J., Harry Biglin, after serving six months in prison for car theft, 1) stole a 1949 Lincoln and then abandoned it for a newer model, 2) drove to Mount Holly and stole a 1953 Cadillac, 3) drove the Cadillac ten miles to Falls Township, Pa., where he abandoned it for a 1954 Mercury, 4) after his arrest, told officials: "A new automobile always fascinated...
...addition, the College intends to give the School of Design additional financial support to alleviate the cost of instruction. This new policy decision, designed by Bundy to help sponsor undergraduates in their quest for a six-year Bachelor of Architecture degree, will permit the School of Design to add several courses to its present schedule...