Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...original statement of the Society's aims, literary culture and social intercourse were among the chief purposes. These two objects are not incompatible, but neither are they particularly conducive to one another, and at times the social intercourse threatens to submerge the literary culture. It is of course difficult to have a Platonic dialogue at lunch, but the general flow of conversation tends to center about daily affairs, topical anecdotes, and private and public gossip. There are virtually no more meetings to read papers or hold serious discussions. The concern for academic discipline, and especially for moral education, has almost...
...most exciting kind of concert is one which presents an opportunity to come in contact not only with the artistry, but also the personality of a great musician. One of the greatest of our time, Nadia Boulanger, last night accomplished the difficult feat of communicating with every person in the theatre, musicians and listeners alike; and, as if incidentally, produced some inspired moments of music...
...this great and difficult drama so ably produced and so movingly acted is an opportunity which no student or theatergoer should miss." Harry Levin Professor of English Harvard University
...incident was characteristic. Alec Guinness is a public recluse in the grand theatrical tradition of Maude Adams, Greta Garbo and Paul Muni. And shut up in the passionate reserve is one of the most difficult, complex and enigmatic Englishmen who ever reached for the rouge. "A dark horse," says Sir Laurence Olivier, "a deep one." Director David (Kwai) Lean adds: "Alec is one of the most fantastically knotted-up men I know." And all agree with the actor who called him "the best-kept secret of modern times, a sort of one-man Tibet...
...fore-checking made it difficult for the varsity to clear the ball from the defensive zone, in spite of goalie Dick MacKinnon's fine assistance. Once, he carried the ball past the midfield stripe...