Word: snow
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Somerset Maugham's beachcomber, Laughton is puckish without losing his heartiness. He delights in his own dirty-pants-and-sneakers shagginess. For sonority, he has speeches about snow in England and about understanding natives. To show contentedness he smiles abstractedly at his empty beer glass. Eventually he is domesticated by a painfully sincere missionary (Elsa Lancaster), but by then the fun is over. An incredibly clever dog unlisted in the credits gives a superb performance...
Auto wreeks, little snow, and financial worries have hindered the skiing-team this winter, but interest in skiing as a team sport has finally returned to the pre-war level...
...Snow Chief Headache...
...Snow, or rather the lack of it, has been the chief headache to the skiers so far this year. The mild winter has forced the cancellation of more than half the scheduled meets. The team has had only an occasional practice in the Boston area with the bulk of their skiing taking place in Verment and New Hampshire...
...officials have tried many ingenious methods for overcoming the lack of snow. In the Hanover Invitation Cross Country Meet, authorities spread manure over the bare spots...