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...this big, wide-ranging movie, scope is stressed at the expense of depth, and there is no time to develop any very complex characters. The most interesting of the lot is the fanatic British colonel, all of whose actions stem from one trait: conscientiousness carried to the point of mania. Alec Guinness plays him with deft stiffness. His torture scenes are appropriately ghastly, and he resists the temptation to clown. William Holden gives his usual performance as a soldier who escapes from the prison camp and returns to blow up the bridge. Jack Hawkins and Geoffrey Horne are his fellow...
...return to the NCAA tournament for the first time in four years and capture an Ivy League title with an undefeated league and a 15-7 overall record, the Harvard men’s tennis team relied on the depth of its lineup, particularly at the No. 5 and No. 6 singles spots. Thanks to two rookies, Alexei Chijoff-Evans and Aba Omodele-Lucien, the Crimson held down these last two spots on the ladder. Known to his teammates and coach as a “California dude” for his laid back attitude, Chijoff-Evans consistenly frustrated opponents...
Joan B. Urban, who attended GSAS and is now a professor of politics at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., said that it was her time in Poland on the program that convinced her to study the Soviet Union in greater depth...
...same time, Watson said he believed the importance of this significant event was underscored by the fact that The Crimson decided to cover it in such depth, as staff members did not usually travel to cover national events...
...persisting devotion to lists of people [TIME 100, May 12]. I imagine you all sitting around a table at a bar, throwing out names and drinking beer as you pretend these lists provide anything that resembles decent content. What happened to the masterful magazine of record and real depth? As a longtime subscriber, I wish you would go back to substantive reporting and drop the vacuous list-making. Susan Heron, Tampa, Florida...