Word: casualize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Banalities & Black Bottoms. The engrossing story begins with the Prince of Wales's casual classes in kingship and a talk about the facts of royal life with his father (said George V: "Always remember . . . who you are"). But the Prince's "mature development" was left pretty much to chance. One of the only positive pieces of advice came from an old courtier who observed: "Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down."* The Prince's first important royal job was an exciting and educational...
...beginning of this review that the stern moralists should see "The Country Wife"; by this I did not mean that the not-so-stern--and perhaps the immoral--should avoid it. Far from it. This is an almost perfect production of a very funny play; and the casual should attend it as much for entertainment as the serious for disabusement...
...collected columns, Out of the Red (Knopf; $3), readers who skip the sport pages can see the reasons for all this praise. Like almost any collection of newspaper columns, Out of the Red sounds slightly dated. But Smith's easy style, dry wit, fresh imagery, and casual approach to big & little figures of sport make even year-old columns pretty good reading...
...varsity ten loafed through the first period, taking a casual 3 to 1 lead. During most of the first half the winners seemed to hustle only when challenged by the Engineers. Harvard showed much more drive in the second half, causing Coach Bruce Munro to make up a fourth midfield and clear the bench in order to control the rout...
...propulsion was supplied by Groucho's trademarked wit, which tends to ricochet off the commonplace and explode in star shells of mutual misunderstanding. Beginning with a casual question about the contestant's background, Groucho is soon off in a blaze of barbed and ribald non sequiturs. "And do you have any little thieves at home?" he once asked a baseball umpire. Introducing a dealer in war surplus, he inquired solicitously: "How many times have you been indicted?" Learning from a dress designer that women dress for themselves, he observed with a happy leer: "If they dressed...