Word: sampler
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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AGES OF MAN (Columbia). Sir John Gielgud's Shakespeare sampler is presented at roughly half the length at which it was seen last season on Broadway. Gielgud's voice is never a particularly impressive instrument, and when the going requires full bellows, it seems in danger of failing him altogether. But it still possesses what it demonstrated so triumphantly onstage-the ability to roll out some of the most famous lines in the language in a green-gaged glow of surprise...
...aside from the occasional flaccid generalization, the Harper's presentation does seem to treat many aspects of Harvard accurately and with interest. Diversity in the student body, Harvard aristocracy, tutorial, the growing intellectualism, clubs, and social life--all get the once over in what might be termed a Harvard Sampler...
...growing agency must face. Rapid expansion in its first year brought its own difficulties. "Our first year was valuable as far as development goes, but we must consolidate our gains," Elliott notes. The expansion continues unabated; Burke expects that the stadium concessions, the new weekly calendar, and the student sampler will employ up to 140 at one time. Last year's total business amounted to nearly $30,000 for 125 students, while the new concessions may boost this total...
...sampler of broadcasts of hate by pro-Nasser Arab radio stations last week...
...have carted away $14,000 cabin cruisers, a day's traffic tolls of the Golden Gate Bridge, a thoroughbred entered in the '59 Kentucky Derby. Home participation via postcard is so common that the U.S. post office probably hauls in more loot than the contestants. A quiz sampler...