Word: donee
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rowing last week, and forced the retreat to Newell. The tank, set in the middle of a large pool, is similar to a shell. Thus an athlete can keep on learning the fundamental techniques of rowing with the coaches at his elbow to point out just how it's done...
...felt as though you really had beard a tremendous performance. It left you with an impression of massiveness, of light, and of extraordinary perfection. No one can deny that the Orchestra and Chorus have overcome "The Messiah's" difficulties and come through with a job well done...
...spite of an embarrassing moment when members of the Orchestra misunderstood their cues, obliging Mr. Holmes to stop the Chorus and begin the section again, both of these groups performed creditably. Particularly well done was "All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray," a chorus demanding much from singers and players alike. Last night it was one of the most impressive spots in the entire concert...
Here is a two-and-a-half hour cliche out of Hollywood, and it's in technicolor. Everything breathtaking that has ever been done before pops up in it sooner or later. But "The Three Musketeers" goes to such ludicrous extremes that it is hilarious. Every time something violent is about to come off, a short effective thunderstorm bursts upon the scene. The heroes are always smiling, and the villains always scowl. Nary a musketeer is scratched, while red-coated fiends are run through by the score. This all sounds tiresome, but the players operate with such incredible gusto that...
...translation was on the whole well done and with no more farce than the music implied, but one of the poet's lines--"the unbelievable I do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer"--did seem a little too modernized...