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...carry home (8 oz. v. the 4 Ib. 2 oz. of the New York Times). The pictures were played for dramatic effect: a blast-off shot of Saturn, the U.S.'s largest rocket, soared majestically the length of the page; a glowering portrait of Brigadier General William B. Rosson, the U.S. Army's guerrilla warfare expert, was brutally cropped to eliminate part of the general's brow, all of his hair and his left ear. Even the paper on which the newcomer was printed seemed whiter by several degrees than ordinary oyster-grey newsprint-as indeed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Enter the Observer | 2/16/1962 | See Source »

...little more than occasional rhythmic movements, far less important than the recitation of Gide's text, which Beriosova accomplished in a mellifluous voice with the aid of a microphone concealed in the neckline of her dress. The ballet's best dancing parts were reserved for Pluto (Keith Rosson) and Mercury (Alexander Grant). Dancer Grant appeared nearly naked wearing white briefs and a rigid, long-bobbed gold wig and performed some extraordinary contortions, including a sort of sideways hopscotch interrupted by seconds of statuesque immobility on one foot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Surgery for Persephone | 12/22/1961 | See Source »

...skilled politician's desire to please the folks at home. Up for Academy Award recognition, along with Crawford, are John Ireland and Mercedes McCambridge for their portrayal of Governor Stark's cynical hatchetman and hatchetwoman. They should get their Oscars, too. And the same goes for director Robert Rosson for weaving a fast-moving narrative, a penetrating character analysis, and a moral into one fine move...

Author: By Humphrey Doermann, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 3/13/1950 | See Source »

Petitions for nominations to the 1949 Class Day Committee must be filed with J. Rosson Overcash '49 in Kirkland G-13 by Tuesday noon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tuesday Deadline for '49 Class Day Petitions | 2/25/1949 | See Source »

Paul Finney '50 took charge of the depleted bank account at the same time. J. Rosson Overcash '49 and William J. Reinhardt '47 will continue as drill-master and drum-major respectively for the coming year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Band Shifts Managers Between Yale Halves | 11/25/1947 | See Source »

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