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...Kwai will probably be seen by at least 50 million Americans, and stands to make more than $20 million. By his intricate, strongly moving portrayal of a British colonel at once stupid and heroic. Guinness repealed the casual popular impression that he is merely a sort of Stan Laurel for the intellectuals, and revealed himself as a dramatic actor of imposing skill and large imagination. U.S. moviemakers were so impressed that last month the Motion Picture Academy named Alec Guinness the best movie actor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Least Likely to Succeed | 4/21/1958 | See Source »

...varsity will also be very strong at the locks, with varsity football player Stan Merkel and a French lawyer, Phillipe Monnot both weighing well over 200 pounds, and should give the M.I.T. team a very busy afternoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ruggers Favored Over Engineers, Though Tech Holds Training Edge | 4/19/1958 | See Source »

...Blodgett, former Exeter track captain, starred for the Yardlings, winning the 60-yard high hurdles and the pole vault. First place in the 35-pound hammer throw was taken by Stan Doten. Harvey Brickman won the high jump and Jared Fitzgerald took first in the two-mile...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Green Edges Yardling Swimmers; Freshman Place Second in Track | 2/18/1958 | See Source »

...would have settled for less," said the St. Louis Cardinals' First Baseman Stan Musial, 37, as he signed a $100,000 contract for his 17th season in the majors. National League batting champ for the seventh time, Stan the Man has long since earned his new honor of being the highest-paid player in National League history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Feb. 10, 1958 | 2/10/1958 | See Source »

Under the field generalship of 5 ft. 9 in. guard Stan Needleman, the New Yorkers play a slow, deliberate game and wait for the good shot. Their conservative style of play, in sharp contrast to the play of last year's fire-house five, enabled the Lions to upset Cornell by four points in their only League encounter to date...

Author: By Mark L. Krupnick, | Title: Quintet to Play Cornell, Columbia In League Action Over Weekend | 1/10/1958 | See Source »

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