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Word: formality (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...solo parts with consistent vitality and precision, if not perfect intonation. Although the contrast between the ensemble and the concertino group was not as great as it might have been in a larger orchestra, the string section demonstrated once again its brilliance and fullness, while Mr. Senturia emphasized the formal power and relentlessness of the concerto...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bach Society Orchestra | 12/16/1957 | See Source »

...Suspected that the invitation was deliberately vague in a situation where it should have been firm and formal. (Asked if Stevenson had been invited to go to Paris, the usually well-informed Jim Hagerty had to check to find out, later reported that this was the President's intention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Invitation Declined | 12/16/1957 | See Source »

...added very little to our knowledge of human nature since the Christian revelation replaced Hellenism. A complete formulation must either be the by product of individual genius (which may be called Godly for lack of a better word) or else must come as a culmination to a long formal development which allows individuals to use the insights and visions of the past, as did the Greek dramatists...

Author: By Christopher Jencks, | Title: Farnsworth Eulogizes Mental Health Movement, But Suggests Nothing New | 12/14/1957 | See Source »

...fashion experts tell us that women will have a balloon-shape for formal occasions, and a subtly sexy shape in their afternoon dresses. Men are turning to olive-green for their casual clothes...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: New Chemise Spells "Subtle Sex" | 12/10/1957 | See Source »

...down to work at his easel on a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II's daughter, Princess Anne. He sought and got his doctor's permission to receive a few official visitors-Nixon, Adams, Hagerty and the King of Morocco. He put in a half-hour's formal work on state papers, signed his name a dozen times, his initials once, attended to items that ranged from the month's NATO Council meeting through next year's federal budget...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Occlusion | 12/9/1957 | See Source »

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