Word: dom
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Juscelino Kubitschek-on grounds of corruption. ("Juscelino! Juscelino!" cried a group in front of his Rio apartment. Kubitschek came to the window, beaming. "Thief! Thief!" they cried.) In Recife, troops searching for the sister of an imprisoned leftist governor went so far as to invade the palace of Archbishop Dom Helder Camara, Brazil's leading churchman. The angry archbishop telephoned the regional army commander, and a colonel came racing to order the troops away. That same day, Dom Helder and 16 of his bishops joined in issuing a statement urging that "the innocent who were accidentally arrested...
Connecticut's Dom Perno hit two free throws with 32 seconds to go, and then stole the ball from All-America Bill Bradley to clinch a stunning 52-50 upset over Princeton in last night's NCAA Eastern regional game at Raleigh...
...CHINESE PRIME MINISTER. In a triumph of style over substance, this drawing-room comedy pours some intellectual eyewash about old age as if it were Dom Perignon. But Playwright Enid Bagnold writes with unfailing grace and literacy, and Margaret Leighton is an actress who can do no wrong...
...Broadway THE CHINESE PRIME MINISTER. In a triumph of style over substance, this drawing-room comedy pours some intellectual eyewash about old age as if it were Dom Pérignon. But Playwright Enid Bagnold writes with unfailing grace and literacy, and Margaret Leighton is an actress who can do no wrong...
...Chinese Prime Minister is an urbane liar of a play. In a triumph of style over substance, it serves its mental hash like Beluga caviar, pours its intellectual eyewash like Dom Pérignon. This sleight-of-hand artistry succeeds for two reasons. Playwright Enid Bagnold loves the English language with rare fidelity, and in the present semi-illiterate state of the U.S. stage, pure English makes an irresistible lover for an audience. Equally indispensable is an actress who can do no wrong from first entrance to final curtain. Margaret Leighton's eyes are wounds of inner pain...