Word: slights
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Federal Court in Washington found Representative Hamilton Fish's old friend and secretary, slight, nervous, bespectacled George Hill, guilty of lying like a trooper. He had told a grand jury, falsely, that he had had nothing to do with Nazi agents...
...committee has classified the buildings around the Yard as Class A or Class B, and is making plans to equip the buildings selected as shelters. Although the Corporation has requested that no plans be made, or action taken, for protection against large high-explosive demolition bombs because of the slight likelihood of the use of any such missiles against this country, both the Class A and Class B buildings offer adequate safety from penetration by incendiary and small H.E. bombs...
...rest, there are no more than the usual first-run slips and jagged edges, and Boston as a stepping stone to Broadway has become inured to these. In an unusually well balanced supporting cast, Ralph Forbes as Hedda's phlegmatic spouse has a slight edge by virtue of the part he plays, though the acting of Cecil Humphreys and Henry Daniell is equally good. The only question mark in Luther Greene's set-up is Karen Morley, who lacks the assurance and stage sense of the other members of the cast. The total effect is entertaining, and does Ibsen full...
...Slight, deaf, intense Bishop Barry knows his wars. A winner of the D.S.O. for heroism as a chaplain in World War I, he has since served as Archdeacon of Egypt, Chaplain to the King, Canon of Westminster, and Vicar of the University Church at Oxford, which he packed with undergraduates as it had never been packed before-even by John Henry (later Cardinal) Newman. No stuffed shirt, he lists his recreations in Who's Who as "indescribable...
...Speed" Clark led the Bellboys in the scoring department, helping them to keep their slight lead to the close of the game. Howie Ezell was high scorer for Kirkland...