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...circles one of the most careful gliders. Before a flight he pores over charts, plans alternate routes, prepares for every contingency of weather. One of ten in the U. S. to hold a Silver C License (international gliding license), he is also licensed to fly transport planes. The most ardent sailing enthusiasts, sea and sky, take to motor ships when they want to get somewhere...
...group from Radcliffe the singers entered into the occasion with a zest worthy both of Purcell's score and the lyrics of Nahum Tate, the Poet-Laureate of Restoration England, and they carried off the play with considerable colat. Particularly pleasant to the ear was Miss Nasmyth, the ardent and rejected heroine. Her singing was marked by beauty and clarity of tone, and her reserved expression strengthened the pathos of the third...
...voice that urged him thus! Always the fire seemed to catch the spirit of the voice, and respond to its glowing tones with ever more brilliance. Like the voice, it would subside and become quiet for a time; and then, once again, it would burst forth, ever agitated, glowing, ardent...
...Ardent Bostonians...
Airily written, amusingly scored, sprinkled with reliable supporting players, Bluebeard's Eighth Wife has more deftness than heft, loses speed in the late rounds. Best fun: Actress Colbert warding off ardent Actor Cooper's advances with a scallion breath, announcing: "I'll fight you with every vegetable at my disposal...