Word: amidst
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...plot these two must work with is at best ordinary. It concerns a brother and sister team which goes to London for a show amidst the excitement of Princess Elizabeth's wedding. While there, Miss Powell inexplicably falls in love with Peter Lawford who plays a British nobleman. Lawford only proves anew that he just cannot act, even in his native surroundings. Meanwhile, the other half of the team, Fred Astaire, interrupts his dancing long enough to go romantic with Sarah Churchill, who is making her much-heralded debut in American movies. Keenan 'Wynn in the double role...
...present Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, formed in 1942 amidst many protest, has not completely broken with the "liquoring" tradition. The College dean supplied free beer after concerts in the 19th century, but now the orchestra digs into its own treasury. No member likes to admit that after last December's concert, "we were all so tired, we left a case begging...
...three in the afternoon, the day and hour of the Passion, Godfrey of Bouillon stood victorious on the walls of Jerusalem . . . After 70,000 Moslems had been put to the sword, and the harmless Jews had been burnt in their synagogue . .. the bloody victors ... ascended the Hill of Calvary, amidst the loud anthems of the clergy; kissed the stone which had covered the Saviour of the world; and bedewed with tears of joy and penitence the monument of their redemption...
Rebellion in the House. In the House, the Administration fared even worse. Texas' solid, bald-domed Sam Rayburn, starting his soth term in Congress, was re-elected Speaker of the House.* A respected and fair-minded presiding officer, he took the chair amidst sounds of good will and harmony. But almost immediately, rebellion broke...
...Amidst loud cries of wounded pride and outrage, the new manager proceeded to drop 39 singers, including hitherto sacrosanct Heldentenor Lauritz Melchior, 60, whose wanderings from the score had been the bane of Met conductors for years. There were wild charges that Manager Bing, Vienna-born and German-trained, would try to force even more of the heavy dumpling of Wagner down the throats of audiences that are notably partial to lighter Italian and French fare. (Actually, Bing has little enthusiasm for Wagner.) When he signed famed Soprano Kirsten Flagstad to appear at the Met for the first time since...