Word: bona
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...kind of monumental fluke of genius, and Steiner skillfully covers a century of frantic effort among playwrights and critics to make Shakespeare and Sophocles compatible within the house of tragedy. The zenith of the neoclassic movement was Racine, and Steiner makes a powerful case for him as the last bona fide playwright of tragedy. The fact remains that Racine's greatest play, Phedre, draws half its impact from the Greek myth and Euripidean play on which it is based...
...little stomach for austerity, he cried, "If my government falls, then everyone's life will be in danger. You and you and you." Dr. Amini stepped on sensitive toes by closing Teheran's glittering $9,000,000 airport to all foreign-bound Iranians except those traveling on bona fide business. First casualties were a bevy of Teheran socialites who were sent home in tears. Unmoved, Amini snapped: "Some ladies have been in the habit of going to Paris for hairdos." He slashed imports to save $50 million, arguing that once foreign luxuries were eliminated, "the major cause...
...value: $43,627) were almost alone in their class. They still have the most prestige, but other prizes are richer. The Ford Atoms for Peace Award brings $75,000 (latest winner Sir John Cockcroft). Next comes the $50,000 Enrico Fermi Award. And to raise the ante, all bona fide prize money, except when given by a company to an employee, is tax free...
...Tower appealed only to bona fide Republicans, he would have had less chance than a snowball in Corpus Christi. But many conservative Democrats voted for him-partly in protest against Democrat John Kennedy, partly because Tower seemed to be a more vigorous conservative than Bill Blakley. Liberal Democrats also voted for Tower-for different reasons. With Blakley out, much more federal patronage will go to the liberals' darling in Washington, Senator Ralph Yarborough (who pointedly did not endorse Blakley). More important, Tower's victory was certain to hasten the coming of a true two-party system in Texas...
Besides all this, the Calibre of play in the A.L. stinks. With the retirement of Ted Williams, the A.L. has only one bona fide, redblooded star--Minnie Minoso of the White...