Word: dares
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...predictable. Hamlin has relied, as most directors have, on the experienced skill of the same star-studded cast. Last night, the cast acted with the same excellence they've always shown, and I wondered if the use of stars wasn't becoming a riskless formula which Hamlin didn't dare violate. He also relied on what now seems a standard method of concert reading at the Loeb--something a bit more than reading but much less than a full play. Is this too becoming a formula for success...
...Bordeaux the growers are delighted. "Really a remarkable vendange," glowed Henri Martin, president of the Interprofessional Council of Bordeaux Wines. "I never saw the vines looking so healthy." No responsible expert would dare say just how great the year will be, though Martin admits "the other great years of Bordeaux were not as amiable at first as 1964." The new vintage is extremely "supple" (low in tannin), therefore may "fade" more quickly than a "harder" wine...
...suppose we dare not hope that Mr. Brackman realizes the exuberance he caricatures is something of a release following several months of earnest labor; or that he and his fellow reviewers will rise, in the future, to meet their responsibility not only to the "world of drama" but to the Harvard Community at large. Bob J. K. MacCarran...
Tshombe knows how to maintain his popularity at home-and he does it in a way no other African leader would dare. He talks about the dignity his people have lost through laziness and the common response, "Pas moyen, patron [No can do, boss]." He gives them hell...
...dropped by for a toot, from venturesome capitalists like Sherman Fairchild to Cinemactress Merle Oberon. After all, Mills already runs a triple-barreled London establishment (casino, nightclub, restaurant) that is loaded with big game, including Prince Philip and the Sheik of Kuwait. Though Mills says "I wouldn't dare" change the zebra's stripes, he is adding a few jolly wrinkles: discotheque, a Rolls-Royce with bar, and a Bentley to carry his more diffident guests...