Word: amie
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...forget that neither Ami Go Home signs nor a distrust for the United States are a particular monopoly of Western Germany, and let us remember that the return of nationalist elements onto the public scene is a consequence of American pressure for German rearmament. Perhaps there is a better way of combating the "Nazi Rebirth" than the one of ignorance and misrepresentation. Why not use a weapon that no totalitarian system can afford to use the truth? F. W. Sehulenburg...
...fire destroyed many personal possessions of the suite's occupants. Francois G. Leydet 2GB and Ami S. Vassilliadis 2GB, also causing severe damage to the floor, walls, and furniture...
Peace Fighters. "Peace!" "Hail to Stalin!" "Ami [Americans] go home!" cried the Reds, flinging propaganda leaflets left & right. Angry West Berliners rushed to help the outnumbered police. Cried a housewife: "Chase them back! Get at them!" Shopkeepers hastily put up their shutters...
Jacob Ben-Ami plays the hero of this expedition into misery. He is a playwright who is supposedly a genius, but who for a great many reasons never gets anywhere. The only important reason seems to be that Lenormand is determined to make him, along with everyone else in the play, an absolute failure. Mr. Ben-Ami's performance wrings the last ounce of emotion out of the part. His acting is too often convulsive--there is no shortage of arm waving and posturing. It is only fair to record, however, that Mr. Ben-Ami got a batch of bravos...
John Boyt has designed several suitably drab settings, almost all of which feature peeling wallpaper and cracked plaster. Mr. Ben-Ami does a fairly good job with the direction, but he should never have taken up with a play that chiefly inspires one to throw things...