Word: glamorous
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Such internal pressures are bound to alter the character of the Communist regimes, particularly if these regimes are denied the glamor and prestige of great external successes. You may recall that when Khrushchev, in 1956, attacked the abuses of Stalin, he explained that they could not have been corrected earlier because "many victories were gained during his lifetime...
...generally displays a very high level of taste and integrity. Furthermore, any cultural phenomenon which shows so much tenacity as the musical theater must fill a real need or it could not exist for thirty or forty years without alteration. Musicals are not only the very distillation of glamor and sophistication, but also hold out the promise that everything is, after all, for the best, and that love will triumph...
Cultivated like a hothouse orchid by Mother, Joanne was discovered by a smart young pressagent named Ted Howard. In Joanne, he saw another Brenda Frazier, fabled (later fate-buffeted) glamor debutante of the '30s. He taught Joanne to mingle with the right people in the right places-the Stork Club, El Morocco ,"21." She was a LIFE cover girl; the tabloids called her "the 1948 season's golden girl." Soon all the dreams came true: Joanne became engaged (after four proposals) to lanky British Millionheir Sportsman Robert Sweeny, 37, California-born wartime R.A.F. hero, onetime (1937) British amateur...
...musical comedy industry, George Abbott, has provided the book and the direction. The music and lyrics by Bob Merrill, as well as Bob Fosse's choreography, are workmanlike, and Rouben Ter-Arutunian's sets provide the required amount of variety and glitter. And for the touch of glamor that looks good in the ads, there is the star, Gwen Verdon. As a result of the combined reputations of all these people, the vehicle ought to glide smoothly through a year's run on Broadway. It's only too bad that somewhere along the assembly line, somebody forgot to install...
...British subject, I am delighted with Princess Margaret's decision. She has shown us she is a young woman with high principles. In this day and age, when so much glamor is attached to the "Hollywood type," it is refreshing to see this example shown by our Princess, who is mature enough to know the importance of duty to church and family. JUNE L. HORNBY Lincoln...