Word: finests
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...once noted that the way to get into the best society is to amuse or shock. That theory may have worked in Victorian London, particularly for witty, shocking Oscar Wilde. But it never went over in New York. Afraid of jeopardizing their own social security, New York's finest followed the example of the Boston Brahmins, clung to the names in the Social Register and the rules in Emily Post as loyally as if they had made them up themselves−which mostly they had. In recent years, however, New York has gone Wilde, and the newest darlings...
...your status should devote space to the world's greatest problem. Your Essay presents, without bias, the arguments of both sides in the world dilemma. I lean heavily toward the U.S. views, but it is encouraging to see this matter discussed without prejudice. This is journalism at its finest. PETER GEORGE Sussex, England...
...Painful Duty." The President spoke in tones of personal pain. "I do not find it easy," he said, "to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men, into battle. I have spoken to you today of the divisions and the forces and the battalions and the units, but I know them all, every one. I have seen them in a thousand streets of a hundred towns in every state in this Union-working and laughing and building and filled with hope and life. And I think I know, too, how their mothers weep and how their families sorrow...
...supporting cast is infinitely better than that of the original production. Patrick Hines has made enormous strides with his Gloucester. Patricia Hamilton (Goneril) and Mary Hara (Regan) are a vast improvement over their predecessors. And--though I loathe comparisons--Richard Mathews surpasses Lester Rawlins, whom I considered the finest Fool I had ever seen. Not only has Mr. Mathews managed to make clear every pun, analogy, and double entente, but he has added to the character an element of such deep love that one can almost feel his own pain as he chastises, scolds, and warns his master...
...deeply sorry to hear of Boris Artzybasheff's death [July 23]. His artistic integrity was rare and outstanding. He was the finest craftsman of our time, highly imaginative, most original in his concepts. The gap Artzy left may never be filled; he will be long remembered...