Word: bit
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Thornton Wilder, during his year here (1950-51) as Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry, gave assistance to the HDC in its production of his Skin of Our Teeth. While living in Dunster House, Wilder did quite a bit of work on a play called The Emporium, which contained much intriguing material. Wilder is an exceedingly slow and self-critical worker; and he still has not completed this play to his satisfaction...
Quantitatively, 1956-57 had offered the all-time high total of 48 productions. 1957-58 provided 43 offerings; and the number slipped a bit in 1958-59 to an 40, which was still higher than that for any year before 1956-57. An exceptional burst of effort during the academic year just completed pushed its up to a new record of 54 productions; 1959-60 was thus the most theatrically active year in Harvard's history...
...armory for the second day of the vigil. This morning, the mood of the corps (which seemed overwhelmingly pro-Kennedy) was optimistic, as opposed to the caution that characterized the hour following Nixon's near-concession. Kennedy staffers like Larry O'Brien and J. Leonard Rentsch wandered about a bit more freely and looked confident, as did Wilson, who the night before had been merely harried...
...supporters sweated it out at the Somerset, and while Saltonstall waited for a bit more substantial proof of victory, the grinning Volpe was making the local television rounds, accepting congratulations...
...team is in good physical condition, with two exceptions. Inside Teddy Wendell, who has starved in recent encounters, bit his tongue during the Princeton game, and the resulting wound required six stitches. Center half Peter Savage has an injured leg muscle, thanks to a kick receiver from a Tiger performer...