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...editor. Stepping down is scholarly Harold E. Fey (rhymes with sky), 65, whose zesty crusades and courageous sacred-cow punching have made Chicago-published Century a well-read and well-heeded organ of Christian unity since he succeeded the late Paul Hutchinson in 1956. Fey says, tongue in cheek: "Our editors retire at 65 because Dr. Hutch inson did. I believe he was right. Old men often get irresponsible because they know they will not be there to bear the consequences...
...choreography of cowardice. In one panic, Lahr scrambles halfway up the proscenium arch and hangs there, glaring down in 20-foot-high dudgeon at the scoundrels who have treed him. Throughout the musical, he emits those lecherous gurgles, dying squawks and goosy yelps that used to be the cheek-in-tongue counterpoint to vaudeville, and burlesque. What makes Lahr the king of clowns is, above all, his masterly word-and-action timing, as when he off-handedly tosses a bag of lead pellets to his Eskimo retinue and says with ineffable Lahrgesse: "Get yourself some chocolate-covered blubber...
...LESLIE CHEEK JR. Director...
...combines the best parts of these two proposals; Bayh's bill would have the President nominate a man, who would then have to be confirmed by Congress. This suggestion would avoid having Congress dictate its choice to the President; the need for Congressional confirmation provides a valuable cheek, on the President's decision...
...metaphysics overwhelms his music-the orchestra does little more than italicize the words of the speaker, and the emotional flow of the music follows the text almost sheepishly. The despair he portrays is only the despair of the prideful; drama is merely melodrama. Bernstein is a man of both cheek and genius; and in this case, the composer in him has been no more than the advocate of the showman, the charmer, the chap in the chukka boots shouting down from the balcony...