Word: ralph
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Daniel hopes to woo the same conservative voters who sent Allan Shivers to Austin for three terms. Five men, so far, are opposing him; the stiffest competition will come from Ralph Yarborough, choice of the liberal Democrats. Yarborough, an Austin attorney, has lost twice to Shivers (in 1954 by only 92,000 votes), but is still a potent campaigner...
...Around the world, they have one universal rendezvous for free advice, mail from the folks and, above all, the reassuring sight of fellow Americans: the nearest American Express office. It is the tourist's "home away from home," in the cozy words of American Express President Ralph Thomas Reed. A handsome, hazel-eyed man who looks like any other tripper when he goes abroad, Reed is the businessman who first applied to foreign travel all the ingenuity and resources of U.S. industry...
Richard III. Shakespeare's sinister parable of power is made into a darkly magnificent film by Sir Laurence Olivier, who plays the title role with satanic majesty. Supporting cast: Sir John Gielgud, Sir Ralph Richardson, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Claire Bloom, Pamela Brown (TIME, March...
...enough, his one weak point is precisely where the piano should have the advantage over the harpsichord, in the ability to "sing" a melody. Gould never succeeds in achieving a cantabile style, but seems like a pianist imitating the sound of a harpsichord. While this record does not displace Ralph Kirkpatrick's superlative harpsichord performance, it is the best piano version of a masterpiece...
...Carter and freshman Joel Landau will probably run the 120-yard high hurdles, while Mike Gordon will enter the 400-meter hurdles, a special pre-Olympic event. Another Olympic event, the 3000-meter steeplechase, will be run by Dave Norris, Ralph Perry, and either Dave McLean or freshman Bill Gillen...