Word: recent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...understanding that the space will be used to relieve overcrowding in the Houses," the source commented. "In recent years as many as five students have lived in rooms that used to be doubles or triples...
Certain Houses have made recent addition to their tutorial staffs, observed Gilmore, and "most sophomore concentrators in History, for instance, now have a group tutorial in their own House...
Spencer Tracy, despite his refusal to wear makeup, is once more trying to play the role of someone other than himself. In The Old Man and the Sea, Tracy emerges from his "late Cary Grant Period" of recent years, turns in one of Hollywood's few notable renderings of theatrical monologue, and does what he can for a generally unimpressive movie...
Outstanding are recent constructions at Wayne, Smith and Yale (see color pages). As architects are the first to agree, school architecture consists mainly in improvisations designed to keep pace with constantly changing needs and tastes. But these three offer bright-to-brilliant solutions to problems that will never be entirely solved...
...Brando? Meanwhile, the Bird is busy with his other charges. Hollywood recognized his belligerent direction behind Director Rouben Mamoulian's recent spat with Sam Goldwyn. (Even Mamoulian does not seem to mind that the publicity-reaping battle cost him the job of directing Porgy and Bess.) And not long ago, Birdwell sold gullible movie columnists the phony yarn that Greta Garbo had expressed an interest in the movie version of Lolita. Director Stanley Kubrick, who is Birdwell's client, is supposed to have ruled Garbo out of Lolita but offered her the part of Marlon Brando...