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...Though it comes to a thoroughly bad end, it adds up to a fairly good evening. British Playwright Hutton, who has hit on a rather fresh and valid idea for a thriller, may be a bungler of plots, but he is a master of tension. Best of all, a well-knit British cast keeps on acting deftly even after there's little left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Jan. 26, 1948 | 1/26/1948 | See Source »

...broad and sweeping, as the judges say it is, it comes from viewing the high plateaus of the Wasatch Range while tending sheep. . . . One passage sort of expresses the old-timers who spit tobacco into brass spittoons. . . ." But Trilogy had little picture painting about it: it was a well-knit if not wonderful symphony, with occasional ear-splitting eruptions of brass. Commented Detroit Critic Harvey Taylor: "Those 25 Gs could have fallen into much, much less able hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: $25,000 Worth | 12/22/1947 | See Source »

Indicative of the increasing concern of Americans over the plight of the homeless Jewish people of Europe is the growth of the Harvard Zionist Group within six months from a handful of students to a well-knit organization of over...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Zionist Group Grows In Six Months; Backs Palestine; Autonomy | 12/18/1946 | See Source »

...addition to its originality of repertoire and excellence of staging, the Ballet Theatre is distinctive for the well-rounded capabilities of its dancers. With no name stars as big as Markova, Dolin, or Danilova, it depends on skillful and hard-working dancers like Nora Kaye, Alicia Alonso, Lucia Chase, Igor Youskevitch, Michael Kidd, and Antony Tudor and a well-trained corps de ballet. The total effect is of a well-knit group instead of a ragged base with a few added lights, such as the Original Ballet Russ and Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo companies illustrate. With improved financial acumen...

Author: By J. P. L., | Title: The Balletgoer | 11/23/1946 | See Source »

Lowell, having previously showed a comparative wealth of backfield material and a heavy line, uncorked an unstoppable passing attack in a session with the Yard squad yesterday. In addition, a well-knit defense gives evidence that Coach Tom Horne's charges will be a formidable factor in deciding which House walks off with the Clark trophy...

Author: By Richard A. Green, | Title: Dunster-Deacons Grid Clash Opens Inter-house Fight | 10/15/1946 | See Source »

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