Word: erful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...descriptions of the hum are surprisingly uniform. It is ugly and penetrating, louder inside a house than out side, and loudest of all at night and on weekends. The hum's pitch never varies, and it seems impossible ever to get "near er" to the sound. "For the majority," reports Hyams, "the hum is just below the threshold of audibility, but for those who can hear it, refined torture." By now, Hyams was himself hearing it on occasion. He took the matter up with the county council, but was brushed off. A local M.P. raised the question...
Final Parade. The heroes of Envy are exquisitely fashioned for the roles of victims. Nikolai Kavalerov and Ivan Babichev have become ne'er-do-wells who can barely breathe, let alone prosper, in the new Russia. Both are short and fat, broke and ludicrously dressed, and much too fond of beer. They are dreamers and, even worse, scoffers...
Toys in the Attic. A ne'er-do-well comes into money, distressing the women who have fed him-and fed on his weakness...
Toys in the Attic. Playwright Lillian Hellman's taut, powerful drama about a weak ne'er-do-well's sudden wealth and the anguish this brings to the women who depend on his dependence on them. Jason Robards Jr. heads a fine cast...
Toys in the Attic. Playwright Lillian Hellman's taut, powerful drama about a weak ne'er-do-well's sudden acquisition of wealth and the anguish this brings to his wife and sisters. Jason Robards Jr. heads a fine cast...