Word: gloriously
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw is an anomaly among operas. The plots of most are so banal or insignificant that opera lovers are notoriously satisfied with the often glorious music and the thrill of elegant productions; the plot becomes merely a vehicle for the rest of the work. But Britten has taken the Henry James novelette and written beautiful music which emphasizes its essential enigmatic horror. The score is absolutely perfect for the story: eerie, elusive, with a constant undertone of brooding malevolence...
...glorious part of the age of steam and the steamer trunk, and it was a remarkable performance. But not even old Karl Baedeker could have done it in today's Europe, although his descendants continue the guides competently enough. The Continent is simply changing too fast in too many directions for any single guidebook to keep up with it. There are 10,350 restaurants and 1,100 hotels in Paris alone, not to mention 110 nightclubs and 12,000 bars. Whether or not they could cover all the pertinent sights, smells and tastes, none of today's guides...
Europe's problem is in part due to the fact that its universities, though often glorious inheritances from the Renaissance, are not very numerous. West Germany has only 48 universities and other institutions of higher learning, Belgium 20 and France 40, while the Soviet Union has 719 and the U.S. 2,080. But the crux of the problem lies in the antiquated European grade and high school structure, which was progressive at the time of Napoleon and is now a positive drag...
...went to her bag, took out the small bottle and stared at the tiny, bullet-shaped red capsules. Seconals. Should she try one? She felt her heart pound, but she swallowed it and rushed into bed. Then she felt it! Oh, God! It was glorious! Her whole body felt weightless. Her head was heavy, yet light as air. She was going to sleep . . . sleep . . . oh, the beautiful little red doll...
Miles & Minutes. The tragedies took the bloom off what otherwise would have been a glorious victory for Ford. One by one, the miles and minutes took their toll of Ford's main competitors: the two Chaparrals were both out of the race by the second hour, and the Ferrari 330 P3 retired to the pits on the 172nd lap with a frozen gearbox. Andretti's accident took care of the rest; he was running third behind two Fords at the time of the crash, and the Porsche was in fourth place. The finish was a parade-Ford, Ford...