Word: fancifulism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
The new production as a whole was less exciting. German Tenor Karl Liebl, substituting as Tristan for the ailing Ramon Vinay, had neither stage presence nor the power to match the Nilsson salvos. Baritone Walter Cassel as Kurvenal and Bass Jerome Hines as King Mark both turned in workmanlike performances...
Domestic Matters. After the assembly voted 51 to 10 to debate the truth about Hungary, New Zealand's Sir Leslie Munro, the U.N.'s special representative on the Hungarian question, reported that eight Hungarian patriots have been secretly tried and executed recently and "there is imminent possibility of...
President Eisenhower's modern version of the Tale of the Arabian Nights, while mercifully only 19 days long, bears all too unfortunate resemblance to the original. At a time when the West is in vital need of specific policies and concrete leadership, he is playing the role of Scheherazade, spinning...
The moon's key to the future offers possibilities for mankind far beyond military protection. In the scientific sense, Singer writes, "man can only approach the future rationally in terms of the present and the past. Even so, it is well to recognize that progress is not always attained...
Gentlemen Don't Wait. Biographer West (the wife of British Historian-Diplomat Harold Nicolson) has skillfully woven Mademoiselle's figure, with her private ardors and ironies, into the larger tapestry of the history, manners, and morals of Bourbon France. Contemporary readers are likely to be more startled by...