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Many of the actors are simply adequate. All of them achieve reasonably well-defined characterizations; none of them goes any farther than that. The same is true of the Count, Brian McGunigle, and his family--Ken Hurwitz, Barbara Menaker, Sharone Sandifer, and Steven Sylvester--and of the other inhabitants of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Cavern | 3/8/1968 | See Source »

The inability to document claims of extreme age helps establish a useful outer limit for doctors who deal with the aged-and in no way detracts from the charm of such local characters as Charlie Smith and Sylvester Magee, another former slave from Hattiesburg, Miss., who claimed to be celebrating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gerontology: Secret of Long Life | 7/14/1967 | See Source »

Ever since Pittsburgh Steel Tycoon Henry Clay Frick left his strong-willed daughter a fortune that has grown to at least $38 million in five decades, Helen Clay Frick has spent her life idealizing his "Christian" memory and devoting his cash to such cultural works as Manhattan's Frick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defamation: Victory for Historians | 6/2/1967 | See Source »

Lonely People. One way or another, it is audience involvement that makes the talk shows successful-whether the listener is actually participating or just watching or listening. What engages them is a matter for the social psychologist. NBC Vice President Paul Klein suggests that "people are always lonely at night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Midnight Idol | 5/19/1967 | See Source »

The CRIMSON'S three touchdowns were scored by Steven "small change" Sylvester '76, who ran for 45 yds., 72 yds., and 78 yds. over left tackle.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Spectator,' 'Poon' Bow, 23-2 | 10/10/1966 | See Source »

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