Word: charm
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...glimpse of an earlier Japan and its culture of unique charm in the ART STORY Out of the Floating World (with color reproductions...
...most Westerners, Japanese art spells woodcuts. This pains the Japanese, who are justly proud of their brush drawings, Buddhist sculptures and painted screens. But like American jazz, Japanese woodcuts succeed in expressing a popular culture precisely. The unique charm of that culture was amply displayed this week when some 350 top-rank Japanese prints went on view at Chicago's Art Institute...
...most Drumbeats and Song plots, taking numerous, standard swings at rival colleges, freshman mixers, and Radcliffe food. Written and directed by Michael Vidor, the script and its humor was generally enjoyable, although perhaps overloaded with puns. As Amaryllis-Ann, the oil tycoon's daughter, Rosalind Froug added spark and charm to lines and a characterization which might otherwise have bordered on the routine. Speaking with an outrageous accent or singing with a pleasant, distinct voice, Miss Froug projects an case that is a delight to watch. Her oil-mad father is played by David James, who flashes a jaunty smile...
...spite of some difficulty in adjusting to a different academic and social environment, Gunter has enjoyed Harvard immensely. The faculty lives up to its international prestige, and although the students are somewhat reserved, he finds them interesting company. Radcliffe girls, Gunter notes, equal the Berlin female students in both charm and prodigious note-taking. There is one element, however, of his Berlin life which Gunter misses with an indefineable longing--the student-frequented bars and coffee houses. "I would have to be a poet to describe this difference," he states. "There is no comparison between a German tavern and Cronin...
Freedom's Voice. In Phoenix, Ariz., the state house of representatives voted to have all future bills read by charm-school Speech Counselor Mrs. G. William Shupe...