Word: affairs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...whole problem of establishing Natural Science courses is the affair of those who must conduct them, Stephen Gilman, professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, maintained. "They are mature, sensible men who should be left alone to do what they think best...
...accuracy and, above all, they are many times removed from "the real thing." So, whether from a sense of the genuine or just a sense of possession, (which has always played a part in art collecting) the annual Christmas Show institution of the galleries has become a year round affair. Where paintings are often beyond limits, lithographs, etchings and sometimes even drawing, provide a happy compromise...
...semi-nude on the Colonial stage two nights ago. The audience gasped a little, and one dance even made something humorous of the situation, but it was apparent that women, dressed or undressed, play only a peripheral role in this show. Les Ballets Africains is primarily a man's affair, an exhibition of superbly masculine dances and rhythms. Virtuoso leaps, cartwheels, and spins follow in profusion, until the proceedings resemble some sort of idealized athletic event. Such is the spontaneity of the dancers that repetitions of these vigorous movements always seems fresh, newly conceived creations...
...invasion in November 1956. "The invading forces were withdrawn. Tolerable solutions were found through peaceful means." Had the U.S. tolerated the rule of force by its friends at Suez, "the whole peace effort represented by the U.N. would have collapsed . . . While it is premature to say that the Suez affair marks a decisive historical turning point, it may so prove...
Another yarn, Call of the Sea, tells of a banquet and ball given by the nautical-minded British ambassador on a log raft in Belgrade's Sava River. It is a superb affair until the raft slips its moorings and makes a break for the Danube. Passing under Belgrade castle, the soused "Flower of European Diplomacy" is spotted by Comrade-Gunner Popovic, who takes the diplomats for hostile Czech paratroopers. Hoping to distinguish himself, possibly even to win his country's "Order of Mercy and Plenty with Crossed Haystacks," Popovic puts a safety match to the castle cannon...