Word: blessings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...scratching his head for a surprise for his 1949 season. A friend told him about Haydn's 172-year-old dramma giocoso II Mondo della Luna (The World of the Moon), wherein a charlatan astronomer and some frolicsome servants persuade a fat, foolish father to bless the marriage of his daughter to a poet by taking him on a trip to the moon. It sounded like fun, but the first problem was to find the score. Il Mondo had been resurrected in Germany in 1932, but had never been produced in the U.S. Leavitt finally found the German version...
...Bless Him." A fighter whose job it is to help the Greeks fight, Van Fleet has shortcomings both as a diplomat and as an administrator. He has had his full share of criticism. He has been accused of being naive, bossy, publicity-conscious. His relations with Ambassador Grady are on the cool side, but he gets along well with Generalissimo Papagos. King Paul frequently joins the U.S. general on inspection trips to the fighting areas. Greeks who like Van Fleet, and most do, say that he is sincere san paidi-"like a child...
...days ago, near Van Fleet's headquarters, an old woman in black pushed past a guard and asked the general's aide if that was "Van Flit" coming down the steps. When the surprised officer nodded, the woman crossed herself, murmured "God bless him," and hurried away...
...asset which none of Warren's previous opponents had ever boasted-a magic name. Lately Jimmy had been making Sunday-night radio talks, right after Walter Winchell, and had already gotten floods of letters from admirers who wrote things like: "You sound just like your father, God bless...
Herself celebrated for claw-sharp quotes, Dorothy surprised the cast with her gentleness. With Evans, she fled the theater between acts to avoid stares by the curious, acknowledged compliments with a mild "Bless you." Said one actress: "She's sweet. She's even shy. She's a love...