Word: destroyed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Another group argued that any such grandiose scheme would destroy St. Paul's traditional position as a church integrated into the design of a busy city. By last week the honors of the debate seemed to have passed to the traditionalists...
...there is no reason to believe that competition will destroy the recent success of the house productions. As long as there are audiences willing to pay and talent wanting to be used, there is room for another play. The new theatre's appeal, based upon increased polish, should complement the intimacy of house productions. Such competition should only encourage such organizations as HDC to attempt larger, more professional productions and help the house groups to remain, and in some cases to regain, their house flavor...
Through the development of nuclear weapons, both the United States and Russia have achieved the power largely to destroy each other and indeed much of life upon this earth in a matter of weeks...
...American people, I deeply believe, want something more than mere survival or even a quick and easy plan to destroy our adversaries. Indeed, every time they have been offered some national responsible, higher sense of purpose they have grasped it and understood...
...maintains the necessary easy facetiousness which gives him a chance fully to explore the ludicrous proportions of each melodramatic character. When he falters, it is generally when the action needs spiking with a few irrelevant laughs, which he gets by contemporary cynical asides to the audience. They rather destroy the continuing tone of the play, and therefore probably weaken more than strengthen. The best humor is milked from his straight and well-cooked dialogue, which director Edward Thommen exploits to the limit...