Word: glossed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...writing has neither period gloss nor better-than-period glitter, and Tyrone Guthrie's staging shows best in small touches. As long as the title role keeps to a bright musicomedy level, with the Regent preening himself, or riding a rocking-horse, or struggling with his stays, Walter Slezak's Regent has all Walter Slezak's mischievous charm. But, for all Actor Slezak's avoirdupois, the characterization lacks body because of the writing. With its famous characters and historic occasions, the play is fun enough to look at, but wearisome to listen...
...truth, incarnate, now picks and chooses among them the possibilities for the world's good. The cults try to put truths at the service of men. The church tries to put men at the service of truth . . . Nothing but confusion of counsel can come from attempts to gloss over that...
...morning he noticed that guests' shoes were losing their gloss, ordered refresher courses for his shoeshine force. Horrified to learn that the Casino was losing 40? a portion on every meat dish, André phone-swoggled his butcher into giving him a $285-a-week price cut. Since he counts on making $1.75 on every $100 bet at roulette, André closely inspects the three inspectors he posts at every gambling table to keep an eye on the croupiers...
...mechanics of printing TIME simultaneously at scattered points also were simplified. The production system begins in Chicago where proofs of editorial and advertising matter are pulled on high-gloss enamel paper for each international edition. These pasted-up pages are then photographed, and a set of the so-called film positives is dispatched by air to each printing point overseas, where the local printer makes offset plates directly from the film...
...Britain. Stan Kenton's 20-piece band played a concert in London's Albert Hall, where jampacked fans hungrily took in such Kenton specialties as Theme of Four Valves and 23° N= 82° W* Critical evaluation ranged from cool ("about 30% art, 70% commercial gloss") to enthusiastic ("at all times vital and alive"), and it seemed certain that Kenton would establish attendance records on his 35-concert tour of the British Isles. Under an agreement between the two unions, top British Bandleader Ted Heath will reciprocate with a tour of the U.S. next month...