Word: dulls
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...such an extreme that it becomes ridiculous. Yet, every so often Ionesco shows us a glimmering of reality that other writers seldom uncover. InThe Bald Soprano the characters seem to say whatever comes to their minds--momentary antagonisms, sexual impulses, errant thoughts, and every-day chatter. There are dull stretches, but such devices as mixed verb tenses when speaking of death give an interesting timelessness to the play. Ionesco is often incomprehensible, but seldom meaningless, and he seems to be saying "Look how strange and funny mankind...
...most scenic and safest superroads in the U.S. (2.8 deaths per hundred million vehicle miles). But if Tallamy had it to do all over again, the 427-mile Thruway from New York City to Buffalo would be even better; he says he would avoid all scenically dull stretches, make roadways at least 80 ft. apart, build them at different levels for greater safety and so that oncoming traffic would not spoil the view. Last week Highway Man Tallamy got his chance to put these ideas in effect all over the U.S. President Eisenhower chose him as the Government...
...repair. But through it all, Counselor Auchincloss does not adduce any convincing evidence to counter the verdict of a willowy interior decorator: "Let's face it, dear. You and I both adore Timmy," he tells Timmy's mistress, "but we can still admit he's a dull...
Walker fired him in 1933 after four years of reporting because Parrish ducked a dull assignment. In 1935 an economy wave washed him off the staff of the Literary Digest. Then he got a job as editor of National Aeronautics, even though "I knew nothing about magazines and nothing about aviation." In 1937 he lost that job when his boss got the word that he was dickering with the magazine's printers to join him in starting a new magazine. Two and a half hours later he and the printers, E. J. Stackpole Jr. and A. H. Stackpole...
...tapped for the San Francisco engagement sound unheard, after Director Adler scheduled Francesca, then learned that his star soprano (Renata Tebaldi) would be unable to take the role after all. San Francisco listeners found the old (1914) opera dull and static in spite of its lush arias, but Soprano Gencer was something to hear. Her voice is big, warm and beautiful, and capable of surging emotional power. The U.S. will be hearing more...