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Finney, after taking the snap from center, moved out to his right along the line of scrimmage, keeping the ball until actually in the process of being tackled by Crimson left end Hal Keohane. He then lateraled off to left-halfback McTigue, who had been trailing the play. A timely block took care of one potential Crimson tackler, and McTigue eluded another with a dramatic leap into the air. All-in-all the play covered 47 yards...

Author: By John P. Demos, | Title: Quick Start Spurs Brown to 33-6 Win Over Injury-Ridden Varsity | 11/18/1957 | See Source »

...movies: "One white guy always managed to kill off a bunch of Indians. They should try hiring some of us sometime so we can show them how real Indians act. I was in a bit part once in an Alan Ladd picture. I got bumped off just like [finger-snap] that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIANS: Ruffled Feathers | 11/11/1957 | See Source »

...tunes whistled afterwards in the lobby. A show so lightly strummed, so insouciantly strutted, so frilled and beflowered needs to be stylish. Jack Cole's pictorial dances, Oliver Smith's airy sets. Miles White's gorgeous costumes give it style. If it has almost no Broadway snap, it has even less Broadway brassiness. If this is a Jamaica with little ginger and no rum, those, after all, are largely its exports. From at least a musicomedy standpoint, Lena Horne, gay colors, winning tunes-and even shiftless lie-in-the-sun librettos-are its tourist attractions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musical in Manhattan, Nov. 11, 1957 | 11/11/1957 | See Source »

...know, a work of art isn't the same thing as the Harvard band on TV. I don't want to hurt the dignity of Harvard, but I'll be honest. A good snap of me with Nathan Pusey would make the publicity men at M-G-M mighty happy...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: Toast With Johnny Green | 10/26/1957 | See Source »

...mean, that if M-G-M should call up the CRIMSON and offer to buy the snap...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: Toast With Johnny Green | 10/26/1957 | See Source »

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