Word: doves
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...section of which was made public last Saturday, that called for immediate negotiations. In addition, Pope Paul's strong urging that the Christmas truce be used as the basis of a permanent cease-fire, along with his extremely vigorous activity in private diplomatic channels, added to the momentum of dove sentiment...
Trying Hard. In an almost impossible situation, Lord Coal is nonetheless trying to do his best. One of the country's most polished performers, he flies around visiting coal mines in a $140,000 DeHaviland Dove plane painted in the blue and white colors of the National Coal Board flag. Robens is persistently optimistic about coal's future, insists that Britain's growth will raise consumption and that modernization will make coal competitive. He is squabbling with the Labor government about next year's coal production, which he believes should be 200 million tons instead...
...directing the play, Morris Carnovsky has played up the broad comedy in Zweig's dialogue. Many gestures underline the characters' faults; for instance, "the dove" Colomba, a hypocritically pious and hypocritically faithful wife affectionately twirls her husband's hair into horns while avowing her undying love. Even the blocking is significant. In an opening scene, Mosca lies at his master's feet while they both drink a toast to Volpone; in the final scene, "the fox" grovels before Mosca...
...second half, Princeton presented Walter Piston's "Carnival Song," which was barely audible over my neighbor's yawns. Not until they resorted to English folksongs about girls and drinking did Princeton find its own level. They sang "The Turtle Dove" and "Swansea Town" spiritedly and winningly. Princeton's only real threat came in the third quarter with a hilarious Lehreresque parody of football cheers, Harvard style. But then they sang that silly song about the tiger that goes wowwww...
...next play, Jim Grace dove into the end zone, and Graham passed to Eagan for two points...