Word: seldon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cross Purposes. In Richmond, Sergeant Luther Seldon Jr. arrived home on a 30-day furlough from Munich to surprise his wife, found that she was en route to Germany to surprise...
...Yardlings got off to a fast start in the first match, when Steve White (H) defeated John Jeffries 18-6, 15-10, 15-10. Then Dave Millet (M) defeated Paul Garrigue 11-15, 18-13, 15-13, 15-9. John Seldon (M) defeated John Rauk 15-8, 7-15, 15-12, 16-15. The '54 squad still had a chance when Matt Reynolds (H) defeated Ed Fay 16-15, 15-10, 15-8. But, in the last set, Dave Jeffries (M) defeated Ham Forster 11-15, 15-12, 15-9, 9-15, 15-10, to win the match...
Enthusiasm is certainly a quality to be encouraged, but it can seldon take the place of the polish and clarity of trained acting. The amateur theatrical organization's greatest stigma is amateurishness. "The Skin of Our Teeth" is a well-mentioned, lively production, but it never manages to escape that stigma...