Word: roome
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...twenty-seven, Tynan became dramatic critic for The Observer of London, in which capacity he speedily made an impressive international reputation, and last fall he came to America (which he had visited every year since 1952) to write for the New Yorker. And so to Master Owen's living room at Winthrop House, where he appeared last Sunday in a maroon suit and loose knotted tie: a tall young man in his early thirties, with a battery of firmly held, well-expounded, and well-supported opinions...
...course of an hour between lunch at the Riesmans' and punch with the populace in the Winthrop House Senior Common Room, Tynan ranged, on request, all over the theatrical map. Discussing playwrights unjustly neglected on the commercial stage, he nominated Brecht first of all, added Ibsen, Pirandello and Wedekind, and commented that "Giraudoux has been not neglected, but so often misinterpreted that it's worse than neglect." Jean Genet to Tynan is "a natural, who shouldn't be imitated... He's a bad model but an interesting artist"; Eugene Ionesco is "bright as a button...
...skies, U.S. airlines will have to find a way to sell two or three of their piston planes. Last week a young (31), gangling (6 ft. ½ in.), onetime hedgehopper named Frederick Ayer showed how the trick can be done-with a tidy profit for himself. From his 24-room office suite in Manhattan, Fred Ayer announced the purchase of 45 Douglas DC-6s (value $30 million) from American Airlines, plus first refusal rights on the $23 million worth of DC-6s left in American's fleet...
...Annex reading will take place Tuesday, April 28, at 3:30 p.m. in the Ghirlandajo Room at Agassiz Theater. Harvard finalists will compete Wednesday, April 29, at 7:45 p.m., in the Eliot House Common Room...
...crossed the line, Gordon threw the baton high into the stands. Ten steps later, he was mobbed by his teammates. In seconds he and coach Bill McCurdy were receiving a free ride to the dressing room to the accompaniment of "Harvardiana." It was a fitting ending to a great...