Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Director Wayne Emery seemed to have had a difficult time getting enough talent to cover the weak parts of the book and music. He made good use of his few really good cast members, but there were always too many people involved on stage for the efforts of a few to keep the whole show bouncing. Nevertheless, those who delight in Gilbert and Sullivan will enjoy most of The Pirates of Penzance, while the less addicted will find it less than enjoyable...
...modern" style, the Dunces sacrifice much of the originals' flavor for the more effects of radical chords, which may be interesting but which sound like an experimental tour de force. They get in too deep with Early Autumn, a jazz ballad taken from Burn's Summer Sequence. The difficult solo, however, is handled with skill and restraint by Gurton, who has surprising control of his voice and his music...
...smallpox vaccination is a painless, one-shot affair. Nonetheless, it is necessary, since those who cannot produce a certificate vouching for their vaccination will find it difficult to persuade U.S. officials to allow them to re-enter the country...
...Admissions Committee first admits the really intellectually gifted men who also command the character necessary to get top mrks. In the more difficult problem of selecting the lower half of the class, the Committee judges the applicant's promise greatly on subjective qualities of character, evaluating his future usefulness to his community...
...scramble for secretaries often only compounds businessmen's woes. Because of a general feeling that secretaries over 35 are too set in their ways, too difficult to break into a new job with a new boss, businessmen concentrate on hiring "malleable" younger women. The trouble is that youngsters lack experience, are often unable to keep up with the office work load. Ten years ago a beginner took at least 120 words per minute in shorthand, did 60 in -typing; today, she often takes only about 80 words per minute in shorthand, types 45. Secretarial schools cannot 'boost...