Word: curtain
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...curtain-raiser, the freshmen take on the Tufts yearlings. The Yardlings will also be making their debut under a new coach, Floyd Wilson. Probable varsity lineups: HARVARD TUFTS Smith F Kolankiewicz Rockwell F Perry Prior C Goodwin Crosby G Mullaney Hickey G Sokelin
...India," brought to occidental footlights by Lakshimi Wana Singh. Those debutantes, patrons of the beaux arts, and bullied husbands of ripening patronesses who answered muster at the opening offering of the newly-formed Boston Dance Society felt slightly confused, like this reviewer, but on the whole pleased by this curtain raiser of the New Boston Dance Society...
...triumph for Bacon was another question. The paintings did not look like the work of a perfectionist. Done in an elaborately sketchy technique, they were remarkable chiefly for horror. Among them were studies of lumpish, long-necked figures squatting on tabletops, a sinister) male nude disappearing through a curtain, and half a man firing half a machine...
...Pope was obviously speaking past his listeners to the Catholic judges of the Iron Curtain countries, hoping to strengthen their resistance to anti-church laws. But the Pope was heard by the rest of the world, and his words landed full force...
...more like a haggis: Dali's more horrifying head had been axed at the last minute by the censor. What delirium the audience felt was set off by redheaded Bulgarian Soprano Ljuba Welitch, who made a U.S. hit as Salome at the Metropolitan Opera last season. For eleven curtain calls she got cheers that rattled the railings in the standees' gallery. When short, tuxedoed Director of Productions Brook edged his way onstage, the bravos became boos. When Brook retreated smiling, Soprano Welitch came back for more cheers. She had never had to work so hard for them...