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...rose as one in thunderous, generous applause for the Hungarians. The British press made no alibis. The Times wrote: "The Hungarians shot with the accuracy of archers. It was Agincourt in reverse." The tabloid Daily Mirror and the good grey Times both had the same thought: "It was the twilight of the Gods." With wry humor the Express also noted a consolation: "England came back victoriously last night. Her pingpong players beat a Hungarian team...
Winthrop's Puritans, led by Norm Hall, upset Leverett--House football league champions--12 to 0 yesterday afternoon. In the other twilight game, Lowell created a minor sensation by scoring its first touchdown of the season but lost to Dudley...
...twilight years between uneasy peace and total war, few questions weigh more heavily on the minds of U.S. planners than this one: how much money can the U.S. spend in peacetime for its defense without stifling its economy? This week the National Planning Association, a non-political group of business, labor, agricultural and professional leaders, came up with its own answer: nearly $75 billion a year...
...great Sphinx lay in fleeting twilight. In the background loomed the Pyramid of Cheops, majestic monument to human striving for eternity. Over the entire scene hovered the breath of the silent desert, the hush of ages. Then a voice spoke...
...three tales have in common are a supernatural fizz and heavy-handed direction. Director Julien Duvivier (Un Carnet du Bal, Tales of Manhattan) pioneered the splicing art, but he keeps fantasy firmly earthbound in this 1943 effort. Granted, the writing is usually abominable ("Remember the boatman's song at twilight at Amalfi, the scent of orange blossoms on the road to Damascus," etc., etc.), but the absence of a light touch accentuates triteness and makes the melodrama ludicrous. Although Robert Benchley amusingly bridges the three tales, Duvivier seems to take the stories themselves far too seriously. In fact...