Holden named Hollywood's finest actor in poll
William Holden is hailed as America's best actor by critics and fans in a nationwide poll. The text discusses his roles from Sunset Boulevard to Born Yesterday, noting his range from sensitive musician to political reporter and his evolving screen personas.
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Odd Traditions and Odd Beliefs Across Time
A miscellany of curiosities and legends from history and folklore. Includes a St Ives church ritual of selecting Bible recipients, a Manx law about hangings for poultry theft, memory feats of Chinese scholars that inspired printing, a riddle about an elephant’s sense of smell, and an English folk remedy for tuberculosis involving a frog.
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Curtain Time and Eccentric Stage Props in Elizabethan Theatre
Describes how stagecraft used minimal props in Elizabethan theatres with gray backdrops, painted symbols for battlefield and forest, and a broomstick for a war horse. Also notes the meaning of the name Esquimox as eater of raw meat with tribes sometimes consuming up to 40 pounds daily.
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Fire at Griffin farm spurred worried town leader
Volunteer Chief Murphy spoke over dinner about the Griffin place blaze last week. He noted the farm lies a mile from town and said the team had no time to waste as onlookers slowed them.
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