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Never Too Late, by Sumner Arthur Long. Paul Ford's gloom at the thought of becoming a father at 60 provokes a two-hour hailstorm of pelting laughs...
...federal Census Bureau listed the city's population as 7,891,957 in 1950 and 7,781,984 in 1960. Last year the city health department estimated the population at 7,782.000. Contributing a little spot of cheer in the midst of the city's fiscal gloom, officials reported last week that the take from parking meters is on the rise. In March the total came to $726,414, a new peak for any month. That was $207,772 more than in March...
Never Too Late, by Sumner Arthur Long. Paul Ford's preternatural gloom at the thought of becoming a father at 60 provokes a two-hour hailstorm of pelting laughs...
...imposing portrayal of this character. Yet because the issue which created this personal strife is so unimportant to the libretto, the priest cannot be a complete dramatic character. It is not the specific question of his allegiance which seems to oppress him--he is simply burdened by a gloom which envelopes all the characters. The tone of continual tension denies his greatest dramatic acts any major significance: his curse, for instance, simply cries out for a Wotan-like declamation, yet neither the libretto nor the music provides anything of the kind...
Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night poses so painful a threat to the U.S. postman as the common dog. Last year 7,372 mail carriers were bitten by Fido; many more were stayed by a snarl from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. But the postman is about to snap back...