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Word: neil (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1970
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...entire world turned into a bleak desert of melancholy, Neil Simon would be an oasis of laughter. His eye for the wryly amusing incongruities of life, his zingy one-line gag-ripostes, his ardently skilled desire to be entertaining-all these have made him the leading U.S. comic playwright for more than a decade. But like the clown with the yen to play Hamlet, Simon has had the urge, and been critically urged, to try his hand at more serious drama. The result is The Gingerbread Lady, a schizoid play in which the dramatist is so busy applying plasters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Comic Tearjerker | 12/28/1970 | See Source »

Seven Crimson players swept their matches in three straight games. Sophomore Peter Briggs, who was under the weather, and junior Neil Vosters had their pride hurt when they each dropped one game...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Racquetmen Rout Weak Big Red; Squad Has Yet to Lose a Point | 12/17/1970 | See Source »

...game was decided early in the first period when the Crimson scored twice in the opening five minutes. Harvard started very slowly, but, on its first power play, sophomores Dave Hynes and Bob McManama connected. Hynes fed McManama at the blue line, and the Crimson center faked the goalie. Neil Higgens, to the ice and flipped the puck behind...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Defense Stars As Icemen Smother B. C., 4-0 | 12/16/1970 | See Source »

...weeks ago, an aide to Vice President Agnew sounded out one possible successor, Dr. Neil Solomon, a 38-year-old Democrat who heads Maryland's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Solomon not only turned down the job, but he went out of his way to praise Egeberg. "Dr. Egeberg," he said, "is well qualified to lead the nation in this field if the Administration will only give him adequate support." Others mentioned for the post are Dr. Vernon Wilson, director of HEW's Health Services and Mental Health Administration, and Dr. Charles Edwards, head of the Food...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Administration: Exit Egeberg | 12/14/1970 | See Source »

...only other close game was at number nine where Neil Vosters beat Mike Gustin, 18-15, 15-13, 15-7. Vosters dominated the match when he played aggressively, but he slipped into a defensive style several times and had to rally to sweep the match...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Racquetmen Overwhelm Engineers; Crimson Takes 27 Straight Games | 12/8/1970 | See Source »

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