Word: fitness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Royal Academy President Sir Gerald Kelly, 71, was of two minds about it. "I dislike distortion," he confessed, "and I wish Spencer's figures were more representational. Instead he picks his design and then twists his figures to fit into it. But I suppose his rumness just adds to the fun of his painting...
...Manhattan-born Nora Kaye had come out of the first corps de ballet to a position as the U.S.'s finest dramatic dancer; Illinois-born John Kriza had grown up from the line to become the company's most versatile star; Texas-born Nana Gollner was a fit and fleet classical partner for Russian-born Igor Youskevitch, who is perhaps the finest danseur noble afoot...
...Trial Run? This week, Publisher Sulzberger will observe the 15th anniversary of his election to the biggest job on the best daily newspaper in the world. But the august, 99-year-old New York Times itself will not consider the occasion an item that fits its famed formula, "All the news that's fit to print." This will not in the least surprise or distress Publisher Sulzberger, who facetiously confided to a friend last week: "They're not sure that I've made good...
...funeral, before the cortege departed for St. Mary's Cemetery, something more needed saying. The Rev. Raymond Jackson, vice-chancellor of the Kansas City Roman Catholic Diocese, stepped forward and read an official statement to set Catholics and non-Catholics straight on why his church had seen fit to give a Christian burial to a notorious hoodlum...
...direction and the acting are what make the show better than average. The dance scenes in "Only for Americans" and "The Policeman's Ball" are examples of Hart's splendid direction. Mary McCarthy swaggers delightfully through the role of Maisic; if nothing else, her anatomical proportions fit her uniquely for the job of a Police Gazette reporter. Eddle Albert, as Horace Miller, though not outstanding in general, sings "A Little Fish in a Big Pond" with a fine hoarse staccato. Patricia Hammerlee, the female lead in the ballet troupe, steals nearly every dancing scene with an unusual mastery of comic...