Word: dreaming
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...earnest, Democrats from Harry Truman down were saying that foreign policy should not be an issue. That attitude was based on the contention that the Administration's policy is 100% correct, and that to argue about it would give aid to the Communists. Last week the Democrats' dream of silence about foreign policy lay shattered and broken...
...Rosemary Clooney, the duet with Dietrich was something of a dream come true: "Marlene is everything I'd like to be," she says. But she is a far cry from glamorous Grandma Dietrich. Instead of heavy-lidded Weltschmerz, Kentucky's bright-eyed Rosemary has been peddling homespun charm since she was three. She began with Home on the Range, worked up to a radio series while still in high school. A feature spot with Tony Pastor's band led to a contract with Columbia Records (where among her other chores she did children's songs). Last...
...Strange Ones. Striking adaptation of Jean Cocteau's Les Enfants Terribles; the story of an adolescent brother & sister living in a dream world of their own (TIME, July...
...devoted to him and whom the old man loves, has been forced by his family to leave the unlucky old man and find work on a more successful boat. But the boy still brings him bait and food. Gnarled and bone weary, the old man can only doze and dream and hope that his luck will change. Before dawn on the 85th day, feeling somehow confident, the old man sets out again in his skiff. "Good luck, old man," says Manolin. "Good luck," answers...
...level, The Natural is a preposterously original and readable story about life on & off the diamond. On another level, Novelist Malamud juggles symbolism and cloudy language to suggest the tragic limitations of the average American dream. He is better when his creatures are playing baseball than when they are playing with the Big Questions...