Word: touched
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...minds, the best way by which these undemocratic acts against Negroes can be prevented is by bringing them to the attention of the American public at large, hoping that knowledge of these acts may touch the better instincts that seem to be lacking in the character of many of our countrymen in the South. In doing so, one would hope that the American people would find it necessary to act--through their government and other institutions--to democratize that part of our country which has yet to experience...
...fatal indelicacy of touch, whether from Director Don Marston or belonging to the untalent of the cast, blurs the Adams House production so that positive identification of what seems at times a perceptive interpretation is impossible...
...boldest touch is the interpretation of Alcestis. Usually seen as a paragon of unselfishness, as played by Abigail Lewis she seems to take inhuman pleasure in her martyrdom. The loss of a foil for the other monsters is difficult to overcome--in this production impossible...
...Clyde Lovelette, Hank Luisetti-all the top men, and this kid is the best I've ever seen. For 20 years I've used a twelve-foot basket in my gym; as far as I know, I'm the only coach who does it. Wilt can touch the rim of that basket on a jump. He can jump 24 inches off the floor. I've never seen a tall man in my life who could equal it. This kid actually slams the ball down into the basket. He uses two hands and just whams it right...
...Amnesia. To make sure that both he and Wilt stay happy, Phog himself works with the freshman phenomenon twice a week. One of the first things he did was to start Wilt reading Helen Keller's The Story of My Life "to develop his sense of feel and touch." Phog's current project: teaching Wilt finger manipulation, how to put English on the ball, how to spin it in from all angles when he is jammed in the bucket...