Word: extant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...agonizing intensity. Seated in the darkened theater, he holds on his lap a stenographer's note pad and jots down scribbles that look to anyone else like a kind of obscure Sanskrit patois. The picture itself is only part of his research. He wants every piece of material extant about the film-the original book, biographies of the performers, reports from correspondents on the making and makers of the picture, even handouts. Thus, when he wondered how some Japanese film makers got the effect of blood gushing from a samurai victim's chest, a report from the Tokyo...
...bone), Ruddigore is a good example of middleweight G. and S. with Glibert's jibes at Gothic melodrama complemented by some wonderfully quasi-Wagnerian effects by Sullivan. Purists might object to Director Robert Gibson's use of the shorter and weaker of the two second act finales extant and to his omission of the charming duet, "The Battle's Roar Is Over," but by any standards the production is a success...
...Extant Harvard structures cover a time of 243 years and include at least one piece from virtually every important period of American architecture. In this respect the University is very fortunate: there are remarkably few communities in the United States with architectural quality and diversity matching Harvard...
Seymour's spirit pervades the life of all the extant Glasses. As the oldest child, he initiated them into Zen and other mystical religious cults, and guided them in the ways of discovering whatever is inadequate or phony in their fellows. Dead, he became their high priest or Guru: his letters and diary are sacred relics, his poems too holy to submit to the public piece-meal. His legacy of knowledge brings Franny to the verge of insanity, and saves Buddy constantly from despair...
...hammer went the best preserved collection of U.S. gold coins outside of the Treasury. Belonging to Florida Construction Tycoon Samuel W. Wolfson, 50, it brought $535,000 in two sessions at Manhattan's Americana Hotel. Rarest of the lot: an 1854s $5 half eagle, one of three extant, which fetched $16,500 from a buyer. Why was Wolfson cashing in his collection? Fingering the 1850 gold dollars (value: $150) that adorn his cuff links, he explained: "I've come within 8% of getting one of every gold coin minted in this country. It's been a thrill...