Word: faceted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...which has been removed, by the way, from the familiar movie version. The reviewer writes: "Of course, stretching the Anderson thesis a point further, one can see more than a slight tinge of whooping up the Allied cause in the present war and a plea for U.S. intervention. This facet of the play's message,' if taken seriously, would probably make almost anyone writhe." "If taken seriously." Surely there was no danger of that...
Finding no gold, Jamieson signed on as a laborer in a small refinery near Calgary. Because of his engineering background, he was made manager of a refinery in Moose Jaw, Sask., the first of a remarkable series of jobs that during the next 30 years put him into every facet of the petroleum business. During World War II, big (6 ft. 2 in., 200 Ibs.), craggy-faced Ken Jamieson was appointed an Ottawa-based oil liaison officer between the Canadian and U.S. Governments. When peace came, Imperial Oil Ltd., the Canadian subsidiary of Standard Oil (New Jersey), made...
...Harvard team was not hard pressed at any time during the match, outplaying the Williams squad in every facet of the game. The Crimson powerhouse has also recorded shutout victories over Cornell, Army and a highly touted Navy team this...
...example, General Motors says it cannot divulge average wages of whites and non-whites or other information about any facet of its South African operations. Ernest Cuming, public relations officer for General Motors, summed up the dilemma which corporations in South Africa face and offered a strong clue as to their overall effect upon Africa in an interview with Washington Post Reporter Jim Hoagland...
...direction make the pasteboard figures of the original Pericles into fuller, livelier characters. Pericles becomes almost a spoof as a paragon of nobility, rising early to practice his jousting while the other revelers of the night before stagger on stage with crushing hangovers. Dionyza's jealousy becomes a real facet of personality in the slinky character onstage, while in the original it is an awkward device to advance the plot. Sections of the new play are quite comic, but the heroes are never ludicrous. This is a difficult task for any company to accomplish, and the success of the Leob...