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...power. But the modern city, New York included, is really a huge, rubbery shell. In the dead of night it collapses just like a deflated balloon, and each morning it is pumped back to life again, not with air but electricity. As little Reddy Kilowatt-the power companies' coy public-relations name for juice -swarms all over town, subways scuttle, elevators shoot, lamps light, machines sew, write, add, cool, talk, sing and growl...
...League To- A. Birmingham shows deal of perception. "The lady has cultivated a kind of allure of her own, upon the theory that is the first way to an heart, and after that will take care of the rest," at one point. "There is coy or flirtatious about her. been unconsciously school-home and in her early "finishing"--in the art of along with...
...most traditional (and most delightfully Radcliffe) part of the show, the Radcliffe chorus line, made its annual appearance. These attractive young ladies did exactly what was expected of them with the coy naivete which distinguishes Radcliffe kicklines from other kicklines the world over. The graceful solo dancing of Mary Ellen Klee in the first act finale was a delight to behold, and made one wish for more of the same...
Were I his mistress I should not be coy...
...meaning is not in the narrative but the counterpoint. The emotion of the poem is neither grief for the dead doe nor amusement at the coy, giggling girl: "The emotion is in the place between - by speaking of two things which, like parentheses, can include between them what neither of them says - death and passion, the human comedy and indifferent death...