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...member of the U.S. armed forces in Viet Nam, I nominate those entertainers who have taken the time and interest to brighten our day in this far-off land...
...play, the Loeb has done an engaging job -- though not engaging throughout the entire 3 hours. Peter Johnson's scenery, first of all is convincingly Carolingian, intimate, and cleverly peels away before our eyes a la Restoration. Lewis Smith's costumes do more than dress the play -- they brighten it immeasurably and sometimes delineate the characters more than the actors do. Robert Chapman, the director, has taught his cast Restoration manners, which some have learned better than others. Applying a veneer takes time -- the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London uses up about a year in training actors...
BART: You said it, kid. We ought to give a name to the game and brighten up the war's image. Like identify the war with food or sex to fit in with our defending apple pie and motherhood...
Ordinarily, talk about higher taxes is not very cheery. But U.S. stock and bond investors last week seemed to brighten up just when word got out that the Johnson Administration was seriously considering tax increases as an adjunct to tight money in the fight against inflation. Both stock and bond prices improved, but then at week's end, the stock market lost about a third of the week's gains, partly because the impression grew that Washington might not act swiftly...
...brawny arms exactly three times in the past 16 years. And four times the U.S. team went down even before the Challenge Round, including last year, when it lost fo Spain., No one is claiming the silverware this year-not quite yet, anyway. But the gloom is beginning to brighten. Last week, in the American Zone finals in Cleveland, the U.S. walloped a powerful Mexican squad 5-0, and the heroes were a pair of eager youngsters with little or no Davis Cup experience...