Word: baba
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...says, "the good are very good and the bad get just what they deserve," come out flatly against racial prejudice, boom such worthy sentiments as honor and service in good causes. Her sound-effects men developed some wonderful sizzling and steaming noises when boiling oil was poured over Ali Baba's 40 thieves hiding in jars. Bluebeard gets his just deserts, too, but only by implication: "The kids are tickled to death when Bluebeard's sword falls, klunk, closely followed by the thud of Bluebeard hitting the ground for the last time. They get the idea...
...years the Israelis brought in 665,000 newcomers, more than doubling the population. It was as though the U.S. were.to import 50 million new people every year. At one point "Operation Ali Baba" was flying in 1,000 Jews a day from hostile Iraq; "Operation Magic Carpet" flew 55,000 Yemenite Jews to Israel. It was too much for the frail young country to stand...
...humming, but Anne Trulove's first-act aria - lamenting departed Tom - beautifully sung by Soprano Elizabeth Schwarzkopf of the Vienna State Opera, came close to stopping the show. The other top voices: Tenor Robert Rounseville of the New York City Opera as Tom, Mezzo-Soprano Jennie Tourel as Baba the Turk, the sideshow bearded lady whom Tom marries as a jape...
...Christopher Columbus, Hercules or the Count of Monte Cristo. To make these transformations, Tripp employs the simplest form of theater. Aided only by his wife, Ruth Enders, and two other permanent cast members, he has staged convincing battles between armies of Crusaders and Saracens, as well as AH Baba's capture of the Forty Thieves. Out of some toy boats floating in a washtub he created the Spanish Armada beating its way up the English Channel...
Rodriguez Araya was expelled from the Chamber on a charge of having referred to Perón and his deputies as "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves." He went into exile in Uruguay. But La Prensa kept harping on his accusations. Said a lead editorial just before Perón's speech last week: "It is the national administration which is compromised by these charges. It is the national administration which is responsible for IAPI...