Word: delighted
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...specialist" -Robert Graves is distinctly superior. He has strongly held, closely reasoned, occasionally absurd opinions on everything under the sun and-considering his longstanding infatuation with the lunar White Goddess-on everything under the moon too. Not the least fascinating thing about this book is his delight in the sound of his own voice, whether he writes about the Whitaker Negroes,* a child peer of England, Saint Paul, E. E. Cummings, U.S. education, nightmares or poetry...
Unlike Reiner, Ormandy uses no baton. He swiveled and swayed on the podium, sweeping his arms in long, scythe-like motions, which blurred individual phrases but drew from his orchestra the longspun melodic line that is Ormandy's chief delight. The audience applauded briskly, and most critics splashed their reviews with such words as "energetic." "singing," "blazing." But for all the blaze, Ormandy's tempi were questionable, and his lush handling of the strings in the Bach reminded Chicago Sun-Times Critic Robert C. Marsh of "chocolate syrup" with ''a whipped-cream decoration." Ormandy achieved...
Whatever other leaders might do. Lyndon Johnson was already manning the pumps-the political pumps, that is. "I do not take any obscene delight in playing politics with human misery," he said. "I think that is what people do when they procrastinate or send up smoke screens. I have responsibilities as the majority leader of the Senate of the United States ... I plan not only to live up to my responsibilities, but to discharge them as effectively as I can." Three hours later he was back to offer his resolutions on military construction and public works. "I'd like...
...became clear to Director William M. Milliken, 68, that the museum was rapidly outgrowing its Grecian-style building, Leonard Hanna agreed to put up nearly $4,000,000 for a new wing-if the sum could be matched by private subscription. To Director Milliken's delight, more money than was needed came rolling in. Closing the museum for eleven months, the trustees added a U-shaped wing in red and grey granite, enclosing a landscaped sculpture court and pool. But the real novelty is the wing's intimate, informal interior. The corps of guards has been cut down...
What has happened? The fact is that the world of the cube, the cage and the austere glass façade has begun to look pretty stark to the men who have been perpetuating it. The trouble is lack of richness, variety and delight, and the result is monotony. Architects and designers who recognize the problem are checking on themselves, re-examining the very style against which they once rebelled. They are searching for clues to the missing elements in much of mid-20th century architecture and design...