Word: vitale
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...vital statistics are concerned, Miss Ebeling would only admit that she was "a size...
...triple-threat is vital to any strong offense because his presence in the backfield prevents the ends and backer ups from coming up fast before the play fully develops. The breakaway runner, aside from being a ground gainer, acts us a threat to the weak side defense, thereby spreading the defense...
...Russia. In labeling Russia the main "obstacle to peace," he used remarkably kid-gloved language, e.g.: "The use by Soviet leaders of the international Communist movement . . . has been a great source of trouble in the world." Acheson also announced that the U.S. would ask the Assembly to decide the vital issue of Formosa, and that all "concerned and interested parties" should be invited to have their say. This obviously included the Chinese Communists, and sounded like the next-worst thing to U.S. recognition of Red China...
...play itself is less bad than hopelessly talky and dull. Though the writing is better than the playwriting, it seldom seems alive; if Daphne Laureola was to be no more vital, it should perhaps have been trashier. There is nothing wrong with Bridie's subject. His play rather resembles Willa Gather's memorable novelette, A Lost Lady - in the lady herself, the perceptive old husband who dies (well played by Cecil Parker), the young romantic who idealizes her, the young vulgarian she sleeps with and marries. But far from capturing any of Willa Gather's lingering glow...
...logical consequence of the approval of the project which the Corporation voted last Spring. But in this case, there is enough doubt about the wisdom of the project and enough opposition among the student body and alumni to justify a careful reconsideration of the issue. The two vital questions are "Has the University a moral obligation to use part of Mr. Burr's money to build a Varsity Club?" an d"Is a new Varsity Club important enough to warrant the expenditure...