Word: casualities
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...contrast with Miss Boyko's intensity is Herb Adams' slothful behavior as young Dr. John. Although John Buchanan is a casual and lecherous character, he is not indifferent to the people around him--which makes Adams' frequent failure to react to others' lines somewhat unsatisfactory. When he does react, it is by mugging or with a boogey slouch which gives an unfortunate impression of adolescent youth. Because Adams seems unable to throw himself completely into the part, and in spite of Miss Boyko's strenuous efforts to rush through her lines in order to buoy the play, the pace lags...
Most of Eastland's time at Doddsville, however, is devoted to business. Though he relies heavily on his general manager, spry, 76-year-old William Godbold, Eastland is keenly aware that casual absentee ownership can never make a success of what is less of a plantation than an agricultural factory. Last year the Eastland plantation had about 1,900 acres in cotton, the remainder in corn, soybeans, oats, barley and pasturage. Under Eastland's close supervision, the land is cultivated according to the most scientific information available. Each spring, tractor-pulled applicators, straddling four rows at a time...
With a skill that seemed equal to the casual eye, Carol Heiss performed the same graceful maneuvers and the judges went through it all again. Using computations too complicated for the casual spectator, they parceled out points. Albright got 1,001; Heiss got 9.4 fewer...
Thanks to such foresight, the delicate balance of William Leigh's life was maintained for 16 full years, and his cup of happiness overflowed. Then, recently, in a casual conversation with a neighbor, William committed that dreaded slip of the tongue: he referred to his Chorlton daughter as Lynn, instead of Margaret, when in fact Lynn was an Ancoats daughter-and the only child whose name was not duplicated in Chorlton. Word of the slip got to Emily, the Chorlton wife. Emily sent her eldest son to follow his father when he left home, and before William knew...
...decent reader would want to quarrel with it. What makes Bang the Drum Slowly unique in current fiction is Author Harris' mastery of his offbeat scene. His charr:ters all talk alike, and so the dialogue begins to sound monotonous, but basically the talk is natural, larded with casual humor, earthiness and more than a touch of locker-room obscenity. If the characters are no more than onedimensional, it is a dimension that Harris has measured with his heart as well as his eye and ear. It is true that Author Harris' major success lies in stirring...