Word: harrison
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Nebraska's all-Republican, four-man House delegation, only the Third District's Robert D. Harrison is in any difficulty. In 1956 Harrison beat Democrat Lawrence Brock by less than 300 votes, and Brock is running again. But this time Harrison himself is campaigning harder and has increased backing from a powerful state organization alerted by his close shave...
There was one point when Dr. Norman Vincent Peale nearly quit the ministry in a fit of despondency. Described in a new biography,* the crisis took place in 1955. While on his way to Harrison Valley, N.Y., from Manhattan, to visit his dying father, Br. Peale read a highly critical article in Redbook quoting Theologians Liston Pope and Franklin Clark Fry, among others, as calling Peale's type of religion "very nearly blasphemous" and "a parody." As he read, Peale "felt something wince and shrivel inside of him." That night on the train, Peale wrote out his resignation...
...Reluctant Debutante. Rex Harrison and wife Kay Kendall in a wonderfully lighthearted peek at Mayfair manners and amorals...
...pretty thin stuff. The pleasure to be derived from Mr. Ritchard and company is like the pleasure from a professional ball game. The actions so perfect, all the flies snagged, precision done with ease. Ritchard, who looks as if he's been watching Rex Harrison, clearly had the part written for him and does it with a blinding polish. Miss Skinner is funny and of course an accomplished actress, but she's still much better on her own. Walter Abel acts suitably imposed upon as Ritchard's host. Charlie Ruggles makes an interesting character out of the dull role...
...Manhattan's Rockefeller Center, designed in 1930 by a task force of architects (Reinhard & Hofmeister; Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray; Hood & Fouil-houx) and still expanding, with its 16th building, Harrison & Abramovitz' 47-story TIME & LIFE Building, now going...