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...officer, Davies had a distinguished career. In the French and Indian Wars, he commanded a naval force on Lake Champlain, which in a three-hour battle captured an 18-gun French frigate. He is credited with raising the first British flag over conquered Montreal. In the American Revolution, he served in battle against the American Continentals in the New Jersey campaign, later rose to become a lieutenant general and commander of Quebec. But as an artist Davies was almost unknown until a portfolio of his watercolors turned up in 1953 m England, in the Earl of Derby...
...telecast (some time in January) of the $2,000,000 Shakespearean classic, thereby assuring the movie producers of one-quarter of their investment. Since the film's running time is 2 hours and 49 minutes, it will be, with intermissions for advertising, NBC's first three-hour Spectacular. NBC has also paid $250,000, or a quarter of the movie production cost, for one-time telecast rights to another new Korda film. The Constant Husband, starring Rex Harrison. British film executives, taking a tip from Walt Disney's successful Disneyland, believe that a TV showing...
...Weaver gave a characteristically picturesque name-Spectaculars. In 1955, NBC did 39. One, Peter Pan, was two hours long and had the biggest estimated audience (65 million) of any show during the year. Seventy are already scheduled for next season, and plans are being projected for two-and even three-hour shows...
Reading Period, Harvard's unique cramming gimmick, will open inauspiciously tomorrow. For many, only the longer morning slumber hours will mark its advent. Others' dreams may be marred, however, by the examination specter and visions of three-hour sessions over blue books in sultry classrooms. Although the examination itself is a necessary evil in the large university, its procedure here seems to be the University's unique anachronism in the Machine Age. The Administration has repeatedly resisted any attempts to make exam-taking less tedious by allowing skilled students to type their examinations in special rooms...
...three-hour election meeting last night, the anti-McCarthy New Conservative Club narowly defeated an attempt by members of the pro-McCarthy Conservative League to win control of the new organization...