Word: brightening
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Freshman Glee Club attracts large number of men each year, partially for the music and partially for the opportunity to meet with counterpart groups at women's colleges. Its one appearance in the Union, however, is to brighten the Christmas dinner. It also serves as a sort of preparation school for the varsity Glee Club...
...chaotic and nihilist, then I hope that we shall have enough wisdom and skill to isolate the forces of destruction. As the Dark Ages descended on Europe, places like Venice maintained relatively civilized standards of life. I would hope that such light from Singapore would eventually help to brighten up the area again...
STRATFORD SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, Stratford, Ont. (through Oct. 11). The tortured prince, played by Kenneth Welsh, visits his laments upon Canadian audiences; and to brighten things a bit. Measure for Measure metes out the laughter. Moliere's Tartuffe and Ben Jonson's The Alchemist alternate with them. On the Avon Theater's proscenium stage at Downie Street, the offering for July is Satyricon, an original burlesque by Tom Hendry, based on the writings of Petronius, with music by Stanley Silverman; and for August, Peter Luke's Hadrian...
...fraud in handling union pension funds, which he is appealing. Hoffa is likely to resume his old job once he gets out. When he returns, no one expects that he and Reuther will be able to work together in harmony. They may not have to. If the Teamsters brighten their image enough to recruit many new members, labor's bad boy may be able to dissolve his alliance with the U.A.W. and return to the A.F.L.-C.I.O.-on his own terms...
Proud Zigs. As the works grew more monumental, Smith experimented with bright enamels to keep his monuments joyful. Color endows three flat, empty-centered "Circles" with dashing zest. Enamels brighten the statuesque "Zig" (for Ziggurat) series of tilting or semicircular sheets of steel. Nature itself is meant to tint the burnished-steel "Cubi" series. "I polish them," Smith explained, "so that on a dull day they take on a dull blue or the yellow glow of an afternoon...