Word: calmed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Time was when a change in political administrations meant bad news for the status quo, as new people and new policies descended on the seats of government. But in these calm days of courtesy and bi-partisanship, the old Jacksonian gusto seems to have been eclipsed by the politics of gentility. Nevertheless, the show must go on, if only to amuse the faithful. And this showmanship has been no-where more apparent recently than on Beacon Hill during the last two months, as the young Democratic Hercules, Foster Furcolo, waves his imaginary broom through the marble corridors of Boston...
...dean's angry attack on the committee's action was countered by the calm justification of it by Anthony Galluccio, CCA-sponsored committeeman who favored the 17 appointments. Facing an antagonistic audience, Galluccio said, "I call my shots as I see them," and admitted that the CCA has "a good campaign issue" in the referendum against the appointments...
...Grand Guignol treatment- about a wife who hastily conceals her lover in a closet, swears to her husband there is no one there, and then stands by in helpless horror as the husband has the closet bricked up. While much of the original's strength derived from the calm, understated manner in which Balzac unfolded it, the operatic version staggers forward in a spasmodic series of contrived musical climaxes held together by a score that is pleasant, tuneful but inherently undramatic...
...Jekyll and Hyde Variations, by Morton Gould, premiered by the New York Philharmonic. The piece, consisting of a theme and 13 variations, wittily-if obviously-evokes the opposing moods of the Stevenson story with calm, melodic passages alternating with turbulent climaxes. In an epilogue of glib, quiet harmonies, Gould mirrors the release through death of Stevenson's tortured hero...
...wild twists and bends of the open road, the devil-may-care tactics of young (27) Stirling Moss make a flashy counterpart to Fangio's calm control. Fangio belongs to a school that believes any spectacular burst of speed is useless unless the driver finishes a race. To Moss, on the other hand, the trick is to floorboard the throttle and hope the car holds together. The exhilaration of acceleration more than makes up for worry about mechanical failure. For the last few years, that exhilaration has kept the nervy Briton nudging at Fangio's rear bumper...