Word: boredly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...came to a stream. Some laughing Vietnamese soldiers in soaking-wet uniforms were displaying their new collection of Communist rifles and grenades. They held out hatfuls of Communist paper money that bore the portrait of Ho Chi Minh. "My men surprised a Viet Minh company, and we killed 15 of them," a Vietnamese battalion commander explained. "They say our morale is bad, but you should have seen it. My men dived into the river to get at the enemy...
...have seen the new models thought that the Journal had picked up some old blueprints of the Chevrolet; there have been at least two new designs since that model. Ford executives were frankly surprised at the sketch of the front end of the Ford: it looked like a Studebaker, bore little resemblance to their 1955 model. The most accurate sketch was of the Dodge, with a flat hood and rear deck, high fender lines, and a wrap-around windshield with the window post slanting back, instead of being perpendicular as in G.M. cars. But there was no doubt that next...
...Abbott touch" could hardly fail to grow, but the showman modestly claims there is no such thing. "I just have a good time in the theater," he says. "I'm not out to make money; I'm out to enjoy myself . . . I'm easily bored, so I try not to bore audiences. I have been accused of speed in my shows, but pace is not a matter of speed. It has to do with cutting material and with variety." The most important intangible in a good production, he says, is a sense of conviction. "I told...
...Ronde, unfortunately, would not improve if the last moments of each love scene were replaced. Schnitzler's theme, that love is a bore, is almost as dated as some of his dialogue, and in several episodes, the words become forced and stilted in an effort to produce the double meaning and the sly implication. An imposing array of French stardom, from Gerard Philipe to Danielle Darrieux, does manage to salvage some of the bedtime satire. Coupled with Walbrook's performance, scenes such as the affair between The Wife and The Student leave a residue of genuine humor...
...knew what to expect: the neighbors came around to throw taunts and rocks, to riot and run rampage. The Howards are Negroes, the first to move into the Trumbull Park public housing project on Chicago's South Side. Ten other Negro families moved in later, but the Howards bore the brunt of racial hate...