Word: briens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cast struggled energetically with their parts, but except for Arthur Papas' amusing role, everyone grew wearisome quickly. Alvarez Bulos, as the king, had some difficulties with lines, but otherwise was deft and urbane. As his daughter, O'Brien Nicholas looked and sang as prettily as usual. Betsy Peterson Spiro, as the first wife, brought off her torch song effectively, complete with sultry advances toward Master Perkins, who was lucky enough to be in the first row. Harvey White and Mai Brigitta Milk handled the Eunuch "without an operation" and the "paradox" as cleanly as possible. Mr. Rinzler, except...
Born. To Nina ("Honey Bear") Warren Brien, 25, the Chief Justice's youngest daughter, who recovered from a severe polio attack eight years ago, and Stuart Brien, M.D., 36, Beverly Hills obstetrician and gynecologist: their second child, first daughter, Earl Warren's eighth grandchild; in Hollywood. Name: Heather. Weight...
...Angeles, Shotputter Parry O'Brien was watching a track meet from the stands, saw University of Southern California Freshman Dallas Long uncork a heave of 63 ft. 4 in., apparently breaking O'Brien's world record. O'Brien promptly left his seat, changed into a track suit, went out and heaved the shot 63 ft. 6 in. Said O'Brien: "I had to do it. What would people think?" But neither performance counted because the field sloped...
...again, as always, top honors rests with the soloists, O'Brien Nicholas and Thomas Beveridge. By now, heaping any more praise on these two becomes boring to reviewer and reader, but they insist on turning in performance after immaculate performance of the highest musicianship. Last night it seemed as though Beveridge might have trouble with his high part, but his complete mastery over his voice and unerring phrasing pulled him through. Miss Nicholas surpassed her best with a flawless reading of an enormously difficult sustained aria. Her voice had even more richness and color than in the past...
...more, got such pressure from a topflight field that he lowered his own indoor mark for the mile to 4:02.5. Air Force Lieut. Bill Bellinger, world indoor record holder at two miles, set a new three-mile record -13:37. Shotputter Parry O'Brien uncorked a heave of 62 ft. 1¼ in. to better his own world record. ¶ The nation's longest college basketball winning streak was snapped rudely at 30 in Lexington, Ky., when Auburn ran into Adolph Rupp's Kentucky Wildcats, took a 75-56 clobbering in a game made lively...