Word: expression
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Book editors are asking members of the class to express preference in liquor, women, music, and other fields of amusement through a poll currently being distributed in the Union...
...clerical roles in particular were performed with something more than even extraordinary skill. Charles Sedgwick as the Archbishop of Reins and Thayer David as the Inquisitor went beyond the realms of skill in the two roles which more than any other express the religious-philosophical outlook of Shaw in the play. Mendy Weisgal was perfect as the pathetic Dauphin, from his neglected yellow robes to the fifteenth century hair style he had summoned for the occasion. H. M. Temple set the pace for the rest of the cast with a superbly stylish performance as de Baudricourt in the opening scene...
...Owen as "that notorious leftist." They could only hope that Esmond and Ann Rothermere knew what they were doing. At least, the Rothermeres knew what they wanted: more zip and more readers for the Daily Mail (now 1,900,000), which has lagged far behind Beaverbrook's giant Express (3,700,000) and the tabloid, Labor-loving Mirror (3,400,000) since the Government took the lid off circulations. Hard-handsome, hard-talking, hard-drinking Frank Owen, once an eager Beaver-boy himself, seemed...
Shocking Pink. The aging Welsh wonder-boy of British journalism was as giftedly gabby as ever but no longer so leftish. At 23, as political mascot to Old Liberal Lloyd George, Owen had been Parliament's youngest member. At 32, he had left the Express to become the Socialist editor of Imperialist Beaverbrook's Evening Standard (the Beaver did not forbid dissenting opinions, but only dull ones, from such bright-pink young men as Owen and his successor Michael Foot). On the Standard, Owen had tramped hard on Tory toes, squawked against Chamberlain's appeasers...
Kranz's current work is largely experimental, and covers a variety of watercolor techniques and treatments. "In most of my paintings I try to express mood, emotion, and action rather than a strictly naturalistic approach," he explains...