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Word: seemly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Seldom does the movie overwork a scene. It lingers over each stiuation just long enough to make its point, then hurries on to the next. Things happen fast: brawls and arguments occur quickly enough to seem truly brutal. The only fault of the movie lies in its curious lack of proportion in handling its love scenes. The focus on Harvey's affair is so weighty that there is a tendency to watch it for its own sake and not as an integral part of the story. Drawn out and over-explicit, it presents a misleading picture of the affair, making...

Author: By Margaret A. Armstrong, | Title: Room at the Top | 10/8/1959 | See Source »

...bona fide grudge against Radcliffe's morals. He's a janitor, and he can't get his work done because there's always some naked girl standing in her window with the shades up, distracting him. Not content with exhibiting the precision of her indubitably lovely mind, it would seem...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Stitch in Time | 10/7/1959 | See Source »

...certain logical inconsistency, that undergraduates who are responsible enough to entertain guests in their rooms until midnight on any Saturday throughout the year are somehow possessed by irresponsible and irrepressible desires during the football season. At a university where intelligence is emphasized slightly more than football, it does not seem unreasonable to ask for a change in the Saturday night parietal hours in the Fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eight O'Clock High | 10/7/1959 | See Source »

...action) of the nation outside of Harvard is in solid support of the loyalty oath, certainly has something to do with us and is partially our responsibility--particularly, if we fancy ourselves to be among the more enlightened of student bodies. And yet, despite these observations, we as students seem to be undisturbed, and indeed to be almost indifferent toward any performance which might absolve us from the guilt of social irresponsibility...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Loyalty Underscored | 10/7/1959 | See Source »

...does not seem likely to figure in today's race, although its leading runner, sophomore Art Freeman, is a competitor with a strong finishing kick. The Terriers are sorely deficient in depth; they will send only five men to the starting line...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Varsity Harriers Open Season In Triangular Meeting Today | 10/6/1959 | See Source »

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