Word: heroism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...triumph must be given to actor Alastair Sim, who plays the double role of the Head-mistress and her gambler brother. Sim is better in the feminine half of his part, for which he assumes a towering wig, a hoarse whisper, and just the right mixture of cowardice and heroism. Joyce Grenfell is almost as funny in her role of a policewoman who looks very much like a horse but walks like an ape. As for the dozen or so of the Bells themselves, they are less expert, but on the whole quite monstrous enough. All of these characters...
Instead of dwelling on the nobility of generals and the heroism of soldiers, Goya, in these striking works entitled Disasters of War, portrays the stupidity and cruelty of war. His extravagant Spanish pride was able to look through the tragedy and laugh at the "barbarians" that had attacked his country...
...some of its finest actions. He seems to be the very antithesis of the roistering, hell-for-leather marine of song and fable. Quiet, bookish, religious (Christian Scientist), he never raises his voice, is famous for writing earnest citations for his men and modestly evading praise of his own heroism...
...suffered last year, was struck by a Government claim that he owes $85,442 in income tax on the $134,338 he earned in royalties from the film Sergeant York, based on his life. But the Medal of Honor man who captured 132 German prisoners singlehanded argued that his heroism is a capital asset, claimed the right to pay the straight 26% capital-gains tax rate, just as President Eisenhower did for his World War II memoirs...
Childs, a member of the Board of Directors of WHRB, caused a slight stir when he showed in his WHRB polo shirt. A newcomer to the track world, Childs entered the Marathon because he thought it was the "last stronghold of heroism left in America." He also said he liked to watch the crowds and the scenery along the route...