Word: bane
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Musicals are often the bane and sometimes the boon of Broadway's existence. The coursing humor of Abe Burrows and the kinetic energy of Robert Morse's performance help to make How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying one of those rare musicomedy triumphs of form over formula. The belly laugh is the convulsive vogue at A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, where Zero Mostel, lewdly assisted by clowns and houris, is pillaging the comic genius of Plautus to vulgar and insane perfection...
Musicals are often the bane and sometimes the boon of Broadway's existence. The coursing humor of Abe Burrows and the kinetic energy of Robert Morse's performance help to make How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying one of those rare musicomedy triumphs of form over formula. The belly laugh is the convulsive vogue at A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, where Zero Mostel, lewdly assisted by clowns and houris, is pillaging the comic genius of Plautus to vulgar and insane perfection...
...Saltwater barnacles and marine growth are the bane of boat owners, particularly in the offseason, when the boat is rarely used. "Boatbath," a kind of floating "wet dock," is designed to save the owner the expense of hauling out or the chore of scrubbing the boat bottom using diving gear. Manufactured by Boatbath, Inc. and made of polyvinyl chloride, Boatbath comes in sizes ranging from 24 ft. up to 40 ft., is priced from $150 to $295. The boat is floated into the Boatbath (which, in turn, floats like a huge bathtub, with its edge at the water...
This leads to what in office language is called the "checking query," which seeks to double-check, to amplify, to clarify. These queries on precise points of fact are sometimes the bane of correspondents' lives, but they help TIME to be complete-and as positive as it can be. Some press-time querying for this week's TIME...
During and after the fighting, the paratroopers behaved with all the arrogance that has made them the despair of France and the bane of the French army. It is natural for troops in battle to get their food and drink where they can find it. But the paratroopers carried looting several stages further, in keeping with the time-honored practices of the Algerian war. They went through Tunisian houses and emerged with wads of money, watches and jewelry. They wantonly smashed what they could not carry away...