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...grubbing in libraries. Heroes do not dash, swords do not flash. But his old fans may decide that Author Shellabarger was writing something closer to his heart, if not to his imagination. The real hero of the book is an attribute: character. Old Judge Rufus Tolbecken has it in his bones, just as the family home in the town of Dunstable (somewhere between Baltimore and Philadelphia) has it in its proud colonial lines. But as the 19th century draws to a close, the judge's kind of character and uncompromising integrity are beginning to seem a little archaic, just...
...majority of these tales, whodunit is not the main point. Like all effective short stories, most of them rely on character, emotional impact and skillful writing. The collection includes some talented newcomers and examples by such practiced hands as William Fay, Craig Rice, John and Ward Hawkins and Rufus King...
Along with Rufus Marsh, Gitter himself rounds out the list of tenants in the cast. One good directing touch comes in the last scene, when he has the poet turn his back to the audience in despair. Shadow of a Gunman may not warrant a wildly enthusiastic audience this afternoon and evening, but it certainly deserves a critical...
...Appointment of the week: Edward H. Litchfield, 41, dean of Cornell's School of Business and Public Administration, to succeed Rufus H. Fitzgerald as twelfth chancellor of the big (16,000 students) University of Pittsburgh. The new chancellor's main job: to put through a ten-year development program that may cost as much as $100 million...
When at last he was bundled, along with his poodle Rufus and his parakeet