Word: roughs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first and foremost exponents of the "treat 'em rough" school of film romance, Gable was the ultimate hero, to whom defeat was unacceptable. Yet one of the most incongruous moments in Dear Mr. Gable was a clip from the one big flop of his career, the 1937 Parnell. "Carry on my fight for Ireland. I charge you. See that Ireland is never defeated," said Gable on Parnell's deathbed. His acting was not equal to the role, and audiences chuckled when they saw the tough-guy trying to play the patriot. He picked later roles more carefully...
...without any style. I rather like Johnson. He doesn't even take the trouble to pretend he's thinking. Roosevelt and Kennedy were masks over the real face of America. Johnson is the very portrait of America. He reveals the country to us as it is, rough and raw. If he didn't exist, we'd have to invent...
...first, Gallagher found basketball a little rough. Only 5-8 at the time, his greatest competition came from his 5-11 sister. "People used to say that if I would learn to shoot like my sister, I'd be a good ballplayer," he said...
...been a rough year for Harvard's varsity swimming team, and the last meet of the season promises no respite. The Crimson tankers take on the superstars of Yale today at 4 p.m. in New Haven...
...either that or the cement plant. All the Hulls learned to skate before they learned to read. Judy was such a hard-nosed hockey player that the boys around Point Anne once told her parents they wouldn't play with her any more because she was too rough. Dennis, 23, followed his older brother to Chicago, where he also plays left wing for the Black Hawks, and could some day make a name for himself. Bobby got his first pair of skates the Christmas he was four; by day's end, he was maneuvering on his own. "From...