Word: bitting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...George Dillon, aged thirty-four--or thereabouts--who thought, who hoped, he was that mysterious, ridiculous being called an artist. He never allowed himself one day of peace...He achieved nothing he set out to do. He made no one happy...he loved no one successfully. He was a bit of a bore, and, frankly, rather useless. But the germs loved...
Yeomen is a bit of a change for the Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan. The tone of most of their work is one of wit and buffoonery laced with pathos; Yeomen features pathos laced with buffoonery and very little wit. Since Gilbert's wit is pointed, while his pathos is pretty but quite lacking in real bite, Yeomen is not the Messrs.' best work. But since Sullivan's music is, as always, pleasant to the point of bewitchment; since Gilbert's buffoonery is of a very high grade; and since the pathetic moments can be quite touching, why complain...
Trickle Down. A little bit of the new trade money has trickled down to East German workers. A West German magazine has compared East Germany's latter-day progress to the West German level of 1949 ("Eat your fill and dress modestly"). This probably gives them now the highest living standard behind the Iron Curtain. The ineffable East German Communist Boss, Walter Ulbricht, a Soviet citizen, now proclaims the inevitable propaganda slogan: "Catch Up with West Germany in Per Capita Production...
Into Maggie's Arms. Last year Dr. O'Gorman got an odd idea, hesitated ("It did seem a bit cracked"), finally went ahead. To create human relationships for the children, he called on 20 of Borocourt's higher-grade mentally defective young women. He allowed each to act as a Big Sister to two Smiths children, told them to cuddle their charges (under nurses' supervision) as much as they wanted. They promptly worked wonders...
Johns Hopkins File 7 (ABC, 11:30-12 a.m.). A bit early in the day for shards, but Archaeology Professor Gus Van Beek finds a wide assortment of clues to ancient religions and history in his weathered pottery...