Word: charmingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Playwright Synge's heirs (he died in 1909), who had at first refused to let anyone tamper with Playboy, finally gave their blessings for the O'Farrell production. BBC bought out one performance to broadcast the show, and there were nibbles from U.S. producers. The charm of lyrics, music and dances took some of the original sting out of Synge. Playwright Synge had never liked what he called "the false joy of the musical comedy," but seeing this show would probably have set his heart awonder...
This system, worked out theoretically, worked like a charm in actual fact, the Navy announced last week. It was tested last July over the coast of Georgia. The usual tactic was to attach a package of 1-2 Ibs. of carbon black to a static line and toss it out of an airplane flying through the top of a cloud. When the slack snapped out of the line, the package broke open, releasing the carbon black. Seven clouds out of seven tested dissipated entirely in 2½ to 20 minutes...
...political current. For one thing, Knowland, tied closely to his Senate duties until last month, is now stumping California from border to border and just such stumping won him his senatorial seat over big-name Democrat Will Rogers Jr. in 1946. Knowland lacks Pat Brown's charm, but he knows what he thinks and says what he knows (TIME, Jan. 14, 1957)-and just such a reputation won him the senatorial nomination on both tickets in 1952. Conceivably, California's independent-minded voters, after a look at both candidates, might see more virtue...
...class Russians. But they have plenty of healthy food-bread, meat, vegetables, even fruits and delicacies at prices which people can afford. People are much better dressed. I saw not a single pair of the crude bast sandals, visible everywhere 20 years ago. The clothes chiefly lack elegance and charm, but in most cases they are sturdy. Housing, though still bad, is better than it was. Moscow's 5,000,000 people mostly have elementary privacy, in Russian terms, i.e., not more than one family to a room...
...Greek chorus of old wives' tales-for example, if a pregnant woman crosses her legs, she will strangle her child with the umbilical cord. His one believer is an unwed pregnant farm girl, played (except at the birth, when the camera focuses on an anonymous mother) with translucent charm by Nicole Courcel, whose pain-free delivery provides the doctor with his triumph and the film with its spectacular ending. Thus it becomes a warm, witty, wise movie that is capable of making its point even to viewers who reject its message...