Word: affair
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...herself. She becomes king, then emperor, but when she demands that she be made God, the whole strike-it-rich setup collapses. Composer Stein, 44, who is a conductor and a teacher at De Paul University School of Music, saw it more as a serious than a comic affair, and most of the music had a mournful cast...
Television Playhouse (Sun. 9 p.m., NBC). The Catered Affair by Paddy Chayefsky, starring Thelma Ritter...
...committee praised McGovern's behavior toward the affair and added that "his conduct at all times has been motivated by the highest ideals...
...blue horizon/ to the isle of I-love-you.") Miss Unger also co-authored the book, together with Victor Wolfson, basing it on a memorable old tear-jerker of a play which was later made into a movie. The present rehashing of the story about a World War I affair between a chanteuse of doubtful reputation and a Parisian sewer-cleaner has lost most of the pathetic appeal of the original. Instead, the authors introduce a trio of prostitutes for comedy relief, whose constant jokes about the state of business can seldom even raise an eyebrow and much less...
During the two-day affair, the local drivers took three of the hill climbing events. Pete Magie (Flat) won the Class H; Jeff Barach (Volkswagen) Class G; and Rod Nerney (Ford Thunderbird) Class...