Word: sorts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...luncheon later, he spoke feelingly of the "very deep, sentimental meaning" that Abilene still holds for him. From its "heyday of, let's say, Wild West hilarity and even worse," Abilene has become a "community of Godfearing, hardworking, simple people. It seems to me there's a sort of cross section of the deep convictions that truly motivate...
...Last Angry Man (Columbia), the hero of Gerald Green's cinemadaptation of his bestselling novel, is a cranky, kindly, old-fashioned family doctor with the sort of character that practice makes perfect. Dr. Sam Abelman (Paul Muni) lives and works in one of the worst neighborhoods in Brooklyn, loves and cares for his patients day and night, though most of them are too ignorant to appreciate him and too poor to pay his bills. The thing
...result of the draws, the 'fifties had a race against the Crowland Rowing Club when the Regatta opened on July 1st. Like the rest of the week's four racedays, the first day saw the sort of weather which made this summer England's best of the century. The pink and white blazers, the school stripped caps, and the garden-party dresses which always decorate Henley during the Regatta were for once in harmony with the climate. The redcoatted band, the funfair, and the bars were all operating at full tilt as the first shells glided past the green riverbanks...
...quarterback, reminded many long-time Crimson followers of Harvard's famous defeat at the hands of Centre College's Praying Colonels. Loyal Crimson supporters have stoutly maintained over the years that the game reliable experts have called "the upset of the half-century" was in reality nothing of the sort...
...This sort of thing happens all the time," he commented. "Nearly one out of three speakers is forced to reschedule his appearance...