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Word: tales (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Then there is the tale of Charlie Rheault, who, after long practice, streaked to Arsenal and back in 29 minutes 59.9 seconds on June 1, 1950. After the test, Rheault wrote in the Club...

Author: By Jack Rosenthal, | Title: Arsenal and Back in 30 Minutes | 5/22/1953 | See Source »

...other two stories are more effective. The last tale, about an aerialist who dreams of falling and tempts fate by recreating the setting of his fall, is quite intriguing in the circus scenes. But even in 1943, much of the plot and dialogue must have been dated, particularly the fade-out with the hero promising to await the parole of his love, a reformed jewel thief. Charles Boyer, however, is debonair on a tight-rope, though he delivers even the silliest lines with a straight face...

Author: By R. E. Oldenburg, | Title: Flesh and Fantasy | 5/14/1953 | See Source »

When the Germans overran Norway in April of 1940, Jakobson field to Sweden and finally to the United States. In this country he received a teaching position at Columbia and continued his work on the Igor Tale, the focal point of all his study. He has been devoting virtually all his research time to this Russian epic, and it is the main concern of his seminars...

Author: By Byron R. Wien, | Title: Ambulatory Philologist | 5/12/1953 | See Source »

...composer who got a first New York performance of some of his music last week, Claudio Monteverdi goes a long way back. While he was composing his Vespers and Magnificat, Rome's St. Peter's Cathedral was still abuilding, Shakespeare was writing his Winter's Tale, Galileo was pondering the mysteries of the stars in their courses, Rembrandt and John Milton were toddling infants, and New York City-the year was 1610 -had not yet been thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Revolutionary Revived | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

Plymouth Playhouse (Sun. 7:30 p.m., ABC). Part Two of A Tale of Two Cities, with Wendell Corey, Wanda Hendrix...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, may 11, 1953 | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

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