Word: climaxes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After all the months of speculation, the climax came so fast only the experts could follow the action. Sotheby's Chairman Peter Wilson, forehead beaded from strain and the heat of his serge coat and striped pants, started the bidding by asking diffidently: "Shall I say ?20,000?" A voice promptly sang out "?100,000." Bidding with lips, eyebrows, fingers and catalogues, dealers whooped the price upward at the rate of ?5,000 every four seconds...
...effort at global satire proves too strenuous. In spite of a climax as apocalyptic as any since King Kong was shot off the top of the Empire State Building, Author Condon falters as he battles both cold-war antagonists simultaneously. But in his comic set pieces, he is wickedly skillful. The book's most memorable incident reveals the true story of the Senator's battle scar. Stationed in Greenland, far from the smell of gunpowder but also far from any American women, the legislator-to-be seeks out the sealskinned houris of an Eskimo camp. A fight starts...
Keep Out. As the days wore on, the rumor spread that the princess herself had ordered the blackout in retaliation for the mob scene at the airport ("And that is not far from the truth," admitted an embassy official in private). The dismal climax came when she paid her call on the Federation of British Industries' fair-the purpose of her trip in the first place. Not only were the Portuguese barred and all entrances locked (though the British exhibitors were allowed in), but Margaret was followed about by six burly, khaki-uniformed members of Her Majesty...
...chief wonder of Alba was that Donizetti's music again surmounted the absurdities of plot. In last week's production the orchestra sailed in whirlwind rushes through Donizetti's lush score; as whispered duets and trios alternated with bellowed choruses, the opera built to its lyrical climax in Act II with a love duet for Amelia and Marcello. Critics found the duet as fine as anything in Lucia di Lammermoor, proclaimed Alba "worthy of Donizetti's genius." But they reserved their warmest praise for 29-year-old Conductor Schippers, who had triumphed, one wrote, "with...
...climax of an annual four-day festival. While other faiths may frown, the Mormons encourage dancing between couples lest the Devil find other work for them. Each of some 1,400 Mormon chapels holds a dance every Saturday night-including a floor show during intermission to undercut any inclination couples may feel to wander off by themselves. The result is that the Mormons are easily the dancingest denomination...