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Word: willful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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The eventual arrest of the salesmen was brought about when a Holworthy boy, in an effort to find someone to share the cost of a subscription, burst into his proctor's room. The proctor immediately summoned the Yard policemen, who after questioning the boys called Cambridge police. The orphans were...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Orphans' Selling Campaign Ends With Arrest in Yard | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

TOKYO, Nov. 29--Red China today accused the U.S. consulate general in Bombay of kidnaping one of China's consular staff, holding him for 20 hours and forcing him to make a statement against his will.

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Red China Charges U.S. Consul With Abduction of Staff Worker; President Seeks Increase in Aid | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

That's the first prerequisite. The second involves not letting the name William Faulkner cross your mind during the show, for it will only evoke sympathy for Mr. Faulkner and antipathy for Jerry Wald, of Peyton Place fame, who lovingly identified Faulkner with his film, but who cunningly ripped up...

Author: By Martin Nemirow, | Title: The Long, Hot Summer | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

...Will Varner, an old, ugly, rednecked, cigar-chomping, big daddy, who likes life too much to bother dying, Orson Welles is the quality part of an only fair production. Welles is Welles, and one is willing to sit through the film two or three times, just to hear him talk like an inebriated bullfrog and act like a bulldog in heat...

Author: By Martin Nemirow, | Title: The Long, Hot Summer | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

The film is downright healthy. There are no suicides, incests, miscegenations, divorces, or even race prejudices. In the end three or four recognition scenes suddenly blossom out of a fertile but rather parched story, and all is saved. Will Varner recognizes what a real chip off the old chopping block...

Author: By Martin Nemirow, | Title: The Long, Hot Summer | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

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