Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This C.D.F. season must, on the whole, be written down as a commendable success, far in excess of what could legitimately have been expected in such a short time and under such unpredictable circumstances. William Morris Hunt '36, the C.D.F.'s Executive Producer, has announced that 80,000 persons attended the summer's offerings. The major remaining problem for the new Theatre is its acoustics. During the summer several amplification arrangements were tried; the one used for Much Ado, the sole proscenium production, turned out to be the best. But the acoustics are still not wholly satisfactory; perhaps the solution...
...TITAN NOSE CONE will be developed by Avco Corp. under $73,360,000 Air Force contract. New design will permit faster re-entry into the atmosphere by dissipating excess heat through erosion of high-heat resistant materials...
...times, audacity. He has given us a sufficiently fast-moving production of Shakespeare's fastest-moving play. The theatre quivers with excitement as characters swirl about the set, and race up and down the aisles to envelop the audience in the action (though this is carried somewhat to excess...
...ticket counter, then goes directly to the flight gate. If he has a reservation, he boards the plane immediately; if not, an attendant checks whether space is available, passes the passenger through. Only when the aircraft is aloft does the passenger pay an agent for his ticket and any excess baggage. Passengers still need reservations to be absolutely certain of a seat, but the airlines expect plenty of extra seats to be available once the big-load jets (no passengers v. the DC-7's 75) start flying in quantity. Passengers will be able to arrive at the airport...
...deal of license in the second part of his complete title--Twelfth Night; or, What You Will. The most famous words in the whole play are, oddly enough, the very first ones: 'If music be the food of love, play on.' Ha, look at the next words: 'Give me excess of it.' And Shakespeare has filled his text with references to songs. Of course we can't have singing without dancing too. I'll advertise my version as 'a music and dance extravaganza of Twelfth Night.' [Webster's Dictionary defines 'extravaganza' as something "wildly irregular."] Malvolio has a phrase...