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...calf and building stone fences on a tenant farm he owns in Cornwall. At the end he gave an exclusive interview to Donald Simpson, agriculture writer for the Western Morning News. The labor had been hard, he said, and his back hurt, but the farm breakfasts had been splendid and the rural values sound. He said he came to know the cows well "by their udders. I think being here has restored my sanity." Lest Fleet Street think its clamoring threatened to unhinge him, he added, "Being on the land does help one get a sense of proportion much better...
Recently spruced up, but, alas, so far only externally, Grand Central Terminal is a splendid specimen of Beaux-Arts architecture. It is also the statement of an era, a monument to the triumph of the railroads in forging an empire out of a wilderness and creating a wealth of museum treasures, public libraries and handsome buildings...
Harvard English Department chairman Larry D. Benson described Robinson's decision as "dreadful." "We're very, very sorry he turned us down. We think he's splendid," he said...
...survivor of an ancient society who cannot believe that the barbarians have finally broken through the gates; and Vincent brings to the part of Byron a force of vitality and a hard, sometimes menacing passion. The only really bad performance, in fact, is MacGraw's. Although she looks splendid, she flounders in a role for which she is ill suited. Her voice has no inflections, her face has few expressions and her performance has no credibility...
...lost only three games in a full 19-game season last year won only three in a struck nine-game season this year. The offense was O.K., though what little running the 49ers had last season dwindled even more. Quarterback Joe Montana was fine. Wide Receiver Dwight Clark was splendid. However, the defense tumbled from second in the N.F.L. to 21st...