Word: girls
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seemed to pin their hopes on meeting and marrying a Harvard man, although The Crimson reported, in September 1951, Radcliffe women faced stiff competition from their more "genteel counterparts" at Wellesley. Back in '51 The Radcliffe Quarterly could quote a professor's remark without much hesitation: "The Radcliffe girl carries feminism and femininity in almost equal balance. It's enough to upset anybody." Of course the professor was male. Only one woman was tenured, holding an endowed chair established to be filled by women only...
...tell her he had met her at a jollyup, even if he hadn't, and be virtually assured of her going out with him. On the other hand, The Crimson in September, 1950 said, "Jollyups are famous for the 5-2-1 quota; despite the disgruntled look on the girl's face it's usually the men in these affairs who leave the room in despair...
...precedents. The 1971 remake of No, No, Nanette, for instance, seemed doomed. Rehearsals were a continual change in dance steps, dialogue and costumes. The legendary Busby Berkeley was superseded by Burt Shevelove. But when Nanette finally reached Broadway, it ran for 861 performances, and then toured the country. Funny Girl (1964) postponed its opening five times and went through 40 rewrites of the last scene. Finally, Jerome Robbins was brought in as production supervisor and added several songs, including You Are Woman...
...Pulitzer Prize for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, is writing a book about his own 18 productions, but has less to say about What Makes Sammy Run ? and other hits he doctored. "It's like a plastic surgeon who sees a beautiful girl walking down the street," says Burrows. "He doesn't point to her and say, 'You should have seen her before I worked on her.'" If a show is a smash, the original team generally gets the credit, not the doctor. So why does a successful playwright or director answer those...
...thing to make secret faces when other backs were turned or to plan baroque revenges against his superiors, but quite another to wind up drunk on public occasions where prudence advised sobriety. Jim was finally booted, but Amis gave him a loud last laugh: he got the girl of his choice and a cushy job in London...