Word: awed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Koussevitzky leaned over the railing of Box No. 55, beaming like a polished apple, while his prize protege took four bows. Said Lenny Bernstein (whom Koussevitzky calls Lenyushka): "It was pretty awe-inspiring...
...office means Judson. He is not only the man behind the Philharmonic, but the man who conies nearest to controlling classical music in the U.S. The 30-man Philharmonic board, a collection of socialites, Wall Streeters, amateurs of the arts and a few musicians, stand greatly in awe of Judson. They respect his judgments; and they have bought and paid for them. And Arthur Judson would not let Rodzinski run the Philharmonic the way he wanted...
...disaster of Melilla in 1921, brought on when King Alfonso ordered the commanding general to make an insane attack. In the relief of Melilla, Barea slaved in a nightmare of stinking, mutilated dead. The Spanish Foreign Legion saved Melilla. Then and later Barea heard legionaries speak with awe of the cold and murderous courage of an officer named Francisco Franco. He also learned of a cynical doctrine held by some military careerists: it would never do to relieve Spain-either by complete success or withdrawal-of the mess and waste of the Moroccan adventure...
Look' through the Wall. "Cecil B. DeMille is out of fashion among the critics. But ... I have seen The Sign of the Cross twice over and am still an unrepentant admirer. There is no director to touch him in command of the medium: certainly none who strikes such awe into my professional mind . . . [with] his crowds and continuities, yes, and images too. ... How good and fine an artist he is may possibly be another matter. . . . I like both his bathtubs and his debauches, for the sufficient (I hope technical) reason that they are the biggest and the best...
...series of views of the first post-war sports celebration in Red Square, Moscow. As an exhibition of color and acrobatic skill, of beauty in sheer numbers, or of the incredible diversity of peoples in the Soviet Republic, it is impressive. But after only a few minutes awe gives way to boredom and horror of a sort...