Word: suspect
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Alderman Brigg and the new minister (suspect because he comes from the frivolous South) fight it out on the hard Calvinist line. The new man wavers on "those harsh and narrow dogmas," and the feud with Brigg is on. In the end the minister lies mysteriously dead, the peace of families has been ruined, the chapel is tern down, and a new congregation-with a softer creed has risen-and only then the reader notices that he has seen a picture of the inner life of nonconformist 19th century England...
...Nouveau Poor. In Los Angeles, Bookkeeper P. Marjorie Wright, 31, arrested on suspicion of embezzling $20,000, said she spent about $5,000 on clothes and a car, but burned the rest for fear her friends would suspect her if she spent more...
...bewhored by Othello is deeply affecting, and her dying words most touching. Olive Deering does well as the loose Bianca. But Sada Thompson's Emilia is too Desdemona-like; she ought to be sharply contrasted with her mistress--less refined, more common and blunt, at times even vulgar. I suspect the result would have been better if the Misses Thompson and Deering had exchanged roles...
...other networks, and even some executives at CBS itself, were not reacting as Crosby hoped. Said one official: "A terrible mistake. This is the kind of thing that makes criticism suspect. Any time he pans a show on NBC or ABC, somebody is sure to say: 'What do you expect, he's on the CBS payroll.' And bending over backward isn't a proper posture for a critic either...
...Swiss banks to reveal certain information involving U.S. interests. Most Swiss bankers are dead-set against any major change, but seem willing to offer some concessions, such as not voting U.S. stock when the owner's identity cannot be revealed, not buying U.S. stock for clients when they suspect it will be used in proxy battles...