Word: formalization
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...later became insipid in her farewell scene with Teresa. Joyce White as Sister Marcella was miscast; she lacked the youth and radiance that this nun, who secretly keeps a mirror to catch sunbeams with, should have. In the male roles, Donald McAllister as the Doctor was stiff, formal, and didactic where he should have been casual, worldly, and sarcastic. As Antonio, Robert J. Morris was earnest enough, but substituted too much savoir faire and pompousness for what should have been a certain degree of awkwardness before the nuns...
...popped in on Paraguayan President Alfredo Stroessner bright and early the day before the conference; Costa Rica's José Figueres dumped his bags in his room and headed for the hotel coffee shop for a chat with a group of old pals. At the first formal meeting at Arias' presidential palace, the informal talks went...
Friendly Cheers. Aside from the call on President Arias, the only other fixed events on the first-day schedule were a presentation of medals at the palace and a reception at the Union Club. Next day, the formal signing of the declaration of principles preceded an evening session of the O.A.S. in honor of the Presidents, and a glittering reception at the hotel...
...expected, Eisenhower drew the blackest headlines and the loudest cheers, not only because of the physical sacrifice he made to attend (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS) , but because without him, the conference could easily have been a sparsely attended failure. Newsmen, watching the convalescing U.S. President dutifully handle the formal niceties on the first day of the conference, quizzed Press Secretary James Hagerty about his boss's health. Hagerty's answer: "He's not completely recovered, but he wanted to make this trip and take part in these ceremonies...
...Studebaker-Packard finally came to terms last week on "Operation Rescue." The two companies will not merge-at least not right away. But they will tie themselves together under a "joint program" agreement, with Curtiss-Wright running Studebaker-Packard and taking an option on enough Studebaker stock for a formal merger later...