Word: vic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...MichiganState College was having its troubles with members of its football squad. Within a few months, Star End Bill Quinlan has been dropped from the squad after being involved in a brawl outside a sorority house, Fullback Vic Postula got into a fist fight, ended up by knocking some of his opponent's teeth out, and Halfback Gene Lekenta is facing trial for assault on another student...
Citation: "Distinguished woman of today's Britain and tomorrow's; schooled with wise foresight, as a career unfolded, in France, in Germany, and at Oxford . . . As a governor of Sadler's Wells and the Old Vic, earning the thanks of her countrymen in another distinctive field; wife of a diplomat, herself an envoy extraordinary...
...Houston, 1951 Wimbledon Champion Dick Savitt, playing his second tennis tournament in two years, upset current Wimbledon Champion Vic Seixas in a semifinal match, went on to win the River Oaks tennis tournament from Hamilton Richardson...
...question of elaborate facilities," Burrell said. "The Old Vic started on $200. Get the vital, surging spirit of man acting on this thing. The great comedians are tremendously vital people--Duraute, Hope, and the rest--a good actor is as vital as that. The really talented actor needs hardly any training. He needs mostly the chance which Englands offers: the opportunity to keep acting in many parts, becoming more versatile and imaginative...
...nighter which opened yesterday could bring up some ugly doubts. John Burrell, leading figure in the Old Vic and indeed all of British theatre, gave this year's Theodore Spencer lecture. Of the less than 80 people huddled together to hear him, surprisingly few were those familiar faces who have been clamoring so loudly for the new theatre. A vigilant Corporation member could well survey the bleak New Lecture Hall and question whether the demands have been as sincere as they have been frequent. If the dramatic groups are going to get their theatre, they had best start playing...