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Word: fines (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...show is one of those lavish reminders that the assembly line is not the fountain of inspiration, that known quantities gathered together do not necessarily produce the elusively unknown quantities of fine dramatic art or exciting entertainment. Wands are wielded by Katharine Hepburn, Alan Jay Lerner, Andre Previn and Cecil Beaton, but no magic ensues. No wish is fulfilled. No dream comes true...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: All Work and No Play | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

About five billion pounds of detergents are now being used annually, said Reuss. On the average, each pound contains about 40% phosphate, which does a fine job of cleaning dishes and clothes. But once flushed down the drain, it begins its environmental dirty work. Reuss has introduced a bill that would ban the manufacture and importation of detergents containing phosphate after June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Dirty Detergents? | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

...mind is not one of hysteria and frustration, but of wry, detached, ironic amusement, though occasionally her inability to suffer fools gladly brings out the sharp flick of her tongue. Rebecca Thompson's Hedda is an intellectual romantic. Part of her seeks out the austere companionship of fine minds; another part of her yearns for a man on horseback to sweep her off her high horse. Hedda can be revolted by things womanly, such as her own pregnancy, and yet crave a man "with vine leaves in his hair" who will release her from her inner reserve, from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: A Modern Woman's Hedda | 12/19/1969 | See Source »

...heard thereafter, except for the last lines of the play, were her muffled sobs. On subsequent evenings, other women similarly wept. Laughter is always touted in the New York theater, but tears are too rare to go unmentioned. That is earned emotion, a spontaneous accolade to an extremely fine actress and a very great play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: A Modern Woman's Hedda | 12/19/1969 | See Source »

...last extensive revision appeared in London in 1900-the memoirs now seem complete. In Decline and Fall, Gibbon erected his monument. In the memoirs, he composed the obituary to go with it. Then, job completed, he promptly died at the age of 57, showing to the end a fine Roman regard for classical climax...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Country-Squire Roman | 12/19/1969 | See Source »

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