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...look of a large angry cat, Prosecutor Murphy rose for the crossexamination. He had thrown only one question at the witness before it was announced that a juror had been taken sick. Court was adjourned for a few days. Temporarily balked, Tom Murphy retired to his office to sharpen his teeth on a thick file labeled "Dr. Carl Binger...
...directive, sent to McCloy by the State Department last month, did no more than to codify and sharpen U.S. policy as stated in the Occupation Statute for the West German Republic and the Allied High Commission Charter. It had served as a guide for the recent Acheson-Bevin-Schuman agreements at Paris (TIME, Nov. 21), reiterated the U.S. aim of making West Germany a peaceful, productive and democratic nation, closely "integrated" into the economic fabric of West Europe...
Coach Art Valpey explained after practice though he felt a scrimmage was needed to sharpen the squad's timing, the team's physical conditions had prevented contact work...
Honest Opinion. The idea, as Peck puts it, was to give the screen actors a chance to "sharpen up." Says he: "Hollywood is a vacuum in which criticism doesn't exist . . . The only way you can get a really honest opinion of your work is to get in front of an audience that pays to see you. Then you know in a minute if you're bad." Among the players who have kept the audiences paying for Broadway revivals: Eve Arden, Barry Sullivan, Ruth Hussey, Guy Madison, Diana Lynn, Sylvia Sidney, Reginald Denny, Jane Cowl Ann Harding, Laraine...
...church was trying to reduce the ignorance and the pressure that had led millions into a double allegiance to Communism and Catholicism. It wanted to sharpen the issue in the consciences of men. Confusion over this issue had created dangers for the church on both sides of the Iron Curtain. In the West the confusion arose mainly out of ignorance; in the East, out of the efforts of individuals to come to terms with the police state...