Word: veteran
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Roosevelt's own inexhaustible fund of chatty conversation and the glamour of her guests (some of the recent ones: Boxer Ezzard Charles, Cartoonist Al Capp, Minister Perle Mesta, Actress Tallulah Bankhead) have given the program a 2.7 Pulse rating against the 2.3 of her veteran rival Mary Margaret McBride. But what disconcerts many listeners is the drumfire of basic-English commercials, fead in pear-shaped Grotonese, with which the show is slittered. Mrs. Roosevelt may murmur to a distinguished guest: "And now I think Elliott would like to say something...
Back, by Henry Green. A slim but engaging story of an English war veteran who learns that shell shock, a metal leg and the death of his old flame don't mean the end of life after all (TIME...
...Davison, who broke open last year's game with the Crimson with four touchdown jaunts, is back at fullback for the Tigers. A 190-pounder Davison has good speed and is one of the two Tigers who plays both offense and defense. Directing the Orange and Black attack is veteran quarterback George Chandler, the captain, whom Caldwell calls the "most underrated" player in the Ivy League. Chandler, 195 pounds, is a fine blocker and play-caller...
...about Eve" is a wittily contrived film about theatrical people's values. Its characters are a temperamental veteran stage actress (Bette Davis), an unscrupulous young girl named Eve who wants to be a stage star (Anne Baxter), and a handful of other arty folk including a director, a producer, a writer, and a columnist...
...girl who calls herself Eve Harrington appears at first to be sweet and sincere. Bette Davis is so anxious to help her succeed that she takes her on as a secretary and helper. Miss Davis's sympathy is soon transmuted to scorn and dread. The eventual efforts of the veteran actress to prove to her unsuspecting director sweetheart that Eve is evil only makes him redouble his efforts to help the girl. When Eve tries to seduce him he finally wakes...