Word: acted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...average U.S. citizen was headed into a period of uncertainty that could become critical. Sensing the danger signals, President Truman ordered all U.S. agencies to act speedily for a quick shift to civilian production (see BUSINESS). But whether speed would make up for lack of long-term planning, for Army & Navy insistence on high war production up to war's final week, was a question...
...employment of the atomic bomb looked like anything but an act of renunciation; it might turn out to be just that...
...Raiders was the result of a freak triple by "Red" Clawson, leadoff man, and a groundout by Ben Schadler in the first. The triple, which was just another easy outfield fly, was converted into a three-bagger by Mel Allen and Bob Carlton, who performed an Alphonse-Gaston act on the ball, letting it drop between them...
...first act, though long, was enjoyable, highlighted by Miss MacWatters' capable singing of the "Laughing Waltz," a difficult but novel arrangement of the Die Fledermaus motif. A lyric, "Who Knows," was the only outstanding original song and is destined most likely to fall into the clutches of the radio. The second act, getting off to a boring start and failing to attain the standards set by the first, featured ballet routines well danced by Harold Lang and Babs Heath. In a stirring finale Mr. Rigaud gave a ridiculous performance of Strauss conducting a 1000 piece orchestra, a chorus...
With several obvious deletions, removal of some dialogue and most, if not all, of the opening dream sequence of Act II, "Mr. Strauss Goes to Boston" should have a prosperous run on Broadway, that is, as long as Miss MacWatters and Mr. Stolz remain with the company...