Word: seenes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...elbows on the dispatch box and gravely taking the House of Commons into his confidence, "information came to the notice of the government of Nyasaland of a very serious kind." So serious was it, in fact, that the Governor of Nyasaland had declared a state of emergency. "I have seen the information. I am not in a position to disclose it," said Lennox-Boyd, as the Opposition hooted. "[But], in fact, a massacre was being planned...
...department, the casuality rate was at least as high. This May there will be a new attempt by the CEEB to produce adequate tests in the Romance Languages. Whether the College Board will ever succeed in establishing mutual standards among high schools, colleges, and its tests remains to be seen...
...Yardlings soundly trounced B.U.'s freshmen by a score of 13 to 1. Harvard's J.V. also succumbed to the Yardlings on March 3 by a score of 5 to 0. The extraordinary ability of the freshmen can be seen in the fact that the J.V.'s have never beaten the freshmen in the past five years, and this J.V. team is considered to be the best in recent years...
...American company not specifically equipped to deal with it. The performance on records with John Gielgud and the movie with Michael Redgrave are both extant, and each would be definitive if the other did not exist. If anybody has managed to attain to the age of reason without having seen or heard or read Earnest, a visit to the local performance would not be a bad idea, simply because Wilde's masterpiece is too good to miss. But the rest of us would do just as well to remain content with our memories, because Repertory Boston is not distinguishing itself...
...novel is centered upon London, a city struggling to forget the Pusan road, "the Commonwealth youngsters skewered on the Dieppe beaches," and Kenya's savage snipers. As the story unfolds-it is seen through the plain, distressed eyes of Captain Alan Curtis, veteran of Korea, Kenya, Cyprus-TV Tycoon Lord Arthur Illius announces plans for a Festival of London. A prize, gravely named the Grail, is offered to the citizen who contributes the best ideas to the festival, so all Britain is abuzz with ludicrous suggestions: "Demands to restore the pillory; to rebuild horse-troughs; proposals that women should...