Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...movement of the body, even the turning of the pages, becomes important," explains Laughton. "You mustn't move, except for a startling effect." As the tempo increases, an actor will slip from his stool and move to center stage in time for his big prose "aria." As theater-wise Director Jed Harris pointed out: "By appearing to read, but actually knowing their parts by heart, they make the whole thing come alive. In a theatrical production, the power of illusion would be much more difficult." Playwright J. B. Priestley, who saw the show in Brooklyn, was inspired to write...
...primary consideration, although last year Eliot topped all other Houses in honors. Both '51 Rhodes scholars, both Scholarships to Cambridge (the Lionel de Jersey Harvard, and the Fiske Grants), one out of three Henry scholarships, and five out of six Bowdoin prizes went to Eliot men, although mark-wise the House as a whole is not so high as some others. This year, however, the House did not gain a single position on the senior Class committees...
...Athletic-wise the Bellboys are improving. In the fall the football team tied for second with Winthrop behind Leverett, took first in cross-country, but finished sixth In soccer, and fourth in touch football...
...American girl born near Glasgow, Scotland. Her U.S.-born father, Stephen Piggott, was a designer of marine engines for a Scottish firm, became a British subject and was subsequently knighted. Keef followed Nancy home to Scotland, and married her there. Back in Chattanooga, Keef's new wife-witty, wise and devoted-was a great social asset to a close-mouthed young lawyer. They were a popular couple. In 1937 the Chattanooga Junior Chamber of Commerce named Keef the young man of the year...
Third baseman Ray Maesaka has hit impressively so far, but he has been taking It easy in the field because of an ankle that was broken badly last year. Other third base prospects are Tim Wise, George Chase (who has been playing hockey), Don Cass, Jim O'Brien (a converted first baseman), and Jack Collins (a converted outfielder...