Word: contrasts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Another clever piece of casting was the contrast between Altshul's heartiness and the effective combination of foolishness and sinisterness with which Paul Burkhardt played the part of "head jailer and assistant tormentor" Wilfred Shadbold. James Greene as Leonard Meryll and Al Hudson as Sir Richard Cholomondeley were adequate in supporting roles. Headsman James Gale was macabre...
Schlesinger further criticized the Republicans' brandishing of American power despite the fact that they have cut down on military appropriations. In marked contrast to an earlier Republican's ideas, he said, today's policy seems to be "Speak at the top of your voice and throw your stick away...
...contemporary works on the program provided an interesting contrast. Three movements of a Mass for Three Men's Voices by Leo Preger, receiving their first performance anywhere, showed that Preger's style is stark, powerful, and extremely difficult. The Harvard Glee Club's performance was excellent, bringing out the drama of the music without sacrificing good tone in the process. The Smith chorus gave an equally fine performance of Richard Winslow's Huswifery. This piece was more singable and less dissonant than the Preger, but was still a forceful work, with a wonderful melismatic climax on the words "Thee Glorify...
...contrast to the NAACP's handling of both the Till case and Boyd's decision was the reaction of two social workers, Dr. David Minter and Gene Cox, in another case widely publicized here. Minter and Cox were ordered to leave Holmes County by a mass meeting of the Citizens' Council because they worked for integration. The first action the two men took, however, was to call up every New York and Washington religious and political group which might protest and tell it not to say anything for the present...
Pledges in the PBH fall blood drive fell 700 short of last March's totals, Peter K. Gunness '57, co-chairman of the Drives Committee, said last night. College totals were 1573 pints, in contrast to more than 2200 pledged in the last drive...