Word: cloak
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Most U.S. citizens still look on Latin America as a backward land of revolutions, strong men and cloak & dagger conspirators. In the July Foreign Affairs, a State Department planner who signs himself "Y,"* argues thoughtfully that surface appearances are misleading; beneath their often tempestuous politics, the Latin American nations are going forward toward orderly, democratic government. Writes...
...which had its world premiere at Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House in 1918. Gianni Schicchi, which still survives at the Met, is a bright and appealing piece of foolishness. In this recording, it is a roaring fine vehicle for first-rate Baritone Giuseppe (Falstaff) Taddei. Il Tabarro (The Cloak) is Puccini at his most melodramatic blood & thundering. These Radio Italiana performances give both operas their full due; so does the recording...
...objective, said Wilson. Both G.M. and the U.A.W., he added, accept the principle. Another cardinal principle of free enterprise is to earn good profits by efficiency and progress, and not by "just collecting a toll . . . Some [people], reluctant to face competition, seem to use free enterprise talk as a cloak for a little extra selfishness...
...Under the command of cloak-&-dagger Commando Fitzroy (Escape to Adventure) Maclean (TIME...
...inches tall, looked like a cross between a double-bladed ax-head and a woman, probably represented the mother goddess whose cult once encompassed the Mediterranean world. Later representations kept the same silhouette but added more human details: a huge head balanced on a towering neck and a cloak spread to resemble wings...