Word: assets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...major asset of the company has been the scenic inventiveness of the gifted young American designers whom Miss Caldwell has commissioned. One of the handsomest operatic settings I have ever seen was the elegant interior of Bartolo's house that Robert O'Hearn conceived for last spring's Barber. Robert Fletcher's decor for the new Tosca continues this very commendable tradition...
Pillow Talk. The two box-office champions of the 1958-59 season (Rock Hudson and Doris Day) team up in a medium-fiuffy comedy whose greatest asset is Supporting Player Tony Randall, one of the funniest young men in the movies...
...perhaps the greatest Tory asset was Harold Macmillan himself and the general post war image of his party which he has helped to create in the public mind. This is the image of a united, progressive, responsible party which can maintain Britain's role abroad and bring prosperity without state control at home. By retaining much nationalization and by extending most of the welfare state the Conservatives have stolen many of Labor's robes. By denationalizing less suitable industries and by reducing taxes and state controls, they have retained their traditional right-wing support...
...made out to be; nor was he quite such an incredible babe in the wood; nor did he gain so much stature at the end. There are several good performances in the play, and Jo Mielziner has designed some attractive sets. But they frame a story whose only asset is its effective storytelling...
...Dodgers 33 out of 55). The "Dodgers were counting on the strong right arm of Catcher John Roseboro to check Chicago's famed speed on the base paths, and man for man the Dodgers were actually faster than the go-go Sox. One apparent Chicago asset: their pitching staff was well rested, while the Dodgers' was still giddy-eyed and weary-armed after the frantic, final dash to the pennant...