Word: fools
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...three U.S. fliers were returned at week's end to West Germany, the nagging question still remained. "I think they feel in Moscow the same way we do," said one Air Force officer. "If they could have reached out and put their hands over that damn fool's gun, they would have. And if we could have thrown a rope up in the air and pulled those poor guys back, we would have...
...Fool & School. Menotti moves through music like a troop ship avoiding U-boats-back and forth, in and out. He darts from failure (Labyrinth) to triumph (The Death of the Bishop of Brindisi) with great agility, but nothing he has written since 1955 can approach the genius of The Saint of Bleecker Street or even The Consul. Aside from one or two pleasant arias and one superb septet, there is very little in the Savage that suggests its composer's grand reputation. The music could have been written any time after 1850, and the libretto could have been improved...
...sign a new stadium contract by Feb. 1-and maybe lose the $5,000,000 he still has left-that's all right with the American League. If not, well, he can always sell out. Sighs Finley, who promises to fight the decision in court: "Only a damned fool gets into baseball...
...Tampa Tribune found a local physician with emphysema, only one serviceable lung, and an unconquerable craving for cigarettes. Between drags, the doctor advised against doing as he did: "Anyone who smokes is a damn fool." The Boston Traveler quoted a dental surgeon to the effect that smoking broils the palate, "just like a piece of meat on a grill." In Detroit, the News front-paged the decision of a mother of 14 children-" 'PACK-A-DAY' MOM SAYS SHE'LL QUIT"-alongside a family portrait showing the mother blithely puffing away. The Chicago Daily News asked Social...
...play's final speech, she sounds like an old fool being a young fool. She prays to be free of all responsibilities, she does not want a soon-to-be-born grandchild cluttering up her house, and, in fact, she would like to burn the house and sing a secret song of glee before the flames. But to cut adrift from the continuities and content of life is scarcely the way to start a new life, except perhaps second childhood...