Word: dears
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Dear TIME-Reader...
...Dear TIME-Reader...
...phrase to another and sound like I never took a breath." He carried diction to a point of passionate perfection. But what made Sinatra Sinatra, when all came to all, was his naive urgency and belief in what he was saying. As one bandleader put it: "Why, that dear little jerk. He really believes those silly words...
Dandruff & Sermons. Dear Charles is a collection of 26 fictional letters from Astute, a frustrated seminary professor, to the Rev. Charles Prince, an ambitious young pastor, on how to succeed in the ministry. Like Lord Chesterfield, Professor Astute neglects few facets of the successful man. "I want to begin with your appearance," he says. From dieting to dandruff, he recites his litany. "Your underwear should also be chosen with care . . . You will be stopping at hotels with some of your more prominent men . . . While I am on this subject, a word should be said about the care of teeth...
Some of Pressagent Williamson's ideas were on the ribald side, e.g., "Dove sono?" ("Where have they gone?"), from The Marriage of Figaro, would show a girl who has dropped her falsies. Others were plain wacky, e.g., "Parigi, o cara" ("Paris, my dear"), from Traviata, would show one lady demonstrating a strange new garment to another. "Caro name" ("Dear name"), from Rigoletto, would show a sugar daddy signing a fat check for his girl friend. Pressagent Williamson (whose clients have included Gladys Swarthout, Ezio Pinza, Helen Traubel) persuaded Austrian-born Artist Susan Perl to put her ideas on paper...