Word: da
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Back to Fun. There are dozens of rock 'n' roll groups in the U.S., most of them Negro, who can sing better and play better than the Beatles. But somewhere between the "ya da da da da da da" of Sh-Boom and the whine of Hound Dog, U.S. rock 'n' roll groups became mired in lamenting lost love and other ailments of the heart. By refusing to take themselves seriously, the Beatles made rock 'n' roll fun again...
...boxers. To raise everyone's low spirits, a pair of Manhattan abortionists (Severn Darden and Anthony Holland) are flown in to minister to the sculptor's girl friend. In a campy comedy sequence played for somewhat more than it is worth, they debate the merits of Leonardo da Vinci while performing their grisly chore, then depart for Kansas City. "One of the most serene of cities," Darden coos. "The Benares of the Middle West," Holland concurs...
Superior Way. Rebekah Harkness' infatuation for the dance began when she took a few ballet lessons as a budding debutante in St. Louis. Her "career" ended at 19, when she appeared in Aïda and was reprimanded by her stockbroker father for not wearing enough clothes. In 1947 she married FinancierPhilanthropist William Hale Harkness, inherited his fortune in Standard Oil holdings when he died seven years later. Searching for a vocation "superior to the way of life I was born to-society," she took a stab at interior decorating, sculpting and piano playing, eventually turned to writing semiclassical...
...welcomes the crowds."Familiarity with beauty can only breed more beauty, he believes, adding, "We have more people interested in art today than when these old masterpieces were produced." To make the turnstiles turn faster, and thus acquaint more people with their artistic heritage, he arranged in 1963 for Da Vinci's Mona Lisa to make a guest appearance at the Met, certain that it would increase museum attendance by more than a million...
...Mount Vesuvius. Its wall scenes of architectural vistas help make the museum's Roman painting the best outside Italy, as well as giving a sense of the 1st century B.C. country squire's yearning for civility. The private study of a 15th century Italian duke, Federigo da Montefeltro, a Renaissance humanist, is a fool-the-eye masterwork; the tiny think chamber appears to have cabinets popping open with navigational tools, books and musical instruments. It is all illusion, a 91-foot cube for a pensive nobleman to fail-safe...