Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...troupe in the Lincoln Center Festival. Under the direction of Mira Trailović, the Yugoslavs will present four plays in Serbo-Croatian, with earphones providing instant English translation. Aleksandar Popović's Bora, the Tailor, Alfred Jarry's King Ubu, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Roger Vitrac's Victor or the Children Take Over will run in repertory in the Forum Theater through July...
...Contemporary America. The crusty Missourian allowed that the 1930 painting reflected a nation entranced but not yet enslaved by technology. "Look at that train!" he said proudly, pointing out a black smoke-belching locomotive. "The machines of that day really had something for an artist. They weren't afraid to exhibit their power. Today's machines enclose it, cover it up. No wonder there's all this rebellion when no one can feel comfortable in this culture...
Drysdale: Let's take one thing at a time. First off, I throw sidearm because I started out as an infielder. My dad, who was once a minor-league hurler (as you guys call us), wouldn't let me pitch; he was afraid I'd get "Little League elbow." Now about that headhunting: absolutely not. If I deliberately tried to hit batters, I could knock down nine out of ten, like any other good pitcher. As for Vaseline, I never owned a jar of it. That's greasy kid stuff...
...solve. "He is not exactly the warmhearted shepherd," a colleague explained. "He has a tendency to kick the rumps of the sheep, rather than lead them." At one church convention, Fry was explaining a complicated motion when one delegate said: I'm not quite clear. I'm afraid I fell off at the last turn." "That's all right," Fry answered imperturbably, "I'll pick you up right after this vote...
...Johnny decide. You haven't let him slip a word in edgewise and he's probably just bustin' his sides waiting to tell us that he wants to become a doctor or a lawyer or something which will make us proud. What is it son, dont be afraid, tell Mummy and Daddy what you want to be when you grow...