Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When it came to awards, the night belonged to The Sound of Music, which won five, including the prizes for the best picture and best director (Robert Wise). Veteran Lee Marvin, 42, the hilarious mugger in Cat Ballon, was best actor. The best-actress award amounted to a battle of Julies: Andrews (for Sound of Music) and Christie (for Darling) -and Christie won it. For their performances in supporting roles, Martin Balsam got an Oscar for A Thousand Clowns, and Shelley Winters got her second (her first, in 1959: The Diary of Anne Frank) for A Patch of Blue...
...tutorial in historiography, for example, has been long overdue; most students are simply not adequately prepared to profit from this tutorial. The proposed sophomore tutorial program would be part of an expanded History 98, a detailed examination of the student's field of specialization. However, the Department would be wise to see that the scope of the sophomore material is broad enough to allow students to switch from one area to another at the beginning of junior year without too much difficulty...
...Mafatlals have set one-quarter of their assets aside as a foundation to help schools and hospitals, and have given $1,500,000 for a science and technology museum in Bombay. Perhaps they are motivated by a British business rule they were mostly too young to really remember but wise enough to apply to their modern India. Says Arvind Mafatlal: "The private sector can only survive if it proves its value to society...
Injuries to starting players hurt the Crimson's chances against the Boston club. Back Parker Wise and Lloyd Macdonald both were out with inflamed knees. Wing-forward Dan Gleason and Captain Quent Spector were also sidelined from the game...
MARK TWAIN TONIGHT! Hal Holbrook takes three hours putting on his Mark Twain makeup, and he has spent more than 13 years getting into Mark Twain's psyche. The result is a one-man show that is wise and witty...