Word: granting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...only Gregory Lafayette leaves a considerable amount to be desired. The affectations he adopts are the marquis Acaste seem inappropriate, and are the only heavy-handed touch in the entire production. Edith Owen handles the rather unobtrusive part of Eliante in a gentle and completely suitable manner. But Sonia Grant, although she is funny from time to time, does not seem to make nearly as much of 'Arsinoe as she might. It is difficult to forget that she is acting. Tom Whedon is at his very best in making the effeminate fop Clitandre a most unmitigated poseur, and shows...
Well established as one of the U.S.'s best-known modern composers, Harris at 57 works under a comfortable grant from the Mellon educational trust, is as prolific as ever. He has extensively revised the Seventh Symphony since it was first played in Chicago in 1952, has already started his eighth (specifically designed for recording) and ninth ("On the words of Walt Whitman"). Says he: "I am trying to achieve a dynamic form, something that grows like a tree grows. This new form is something I believe America is going to produce...
...paintings and statues from 31 Midwest museums, colleges and universities and private collectors. The Des Moines show proves that Midwestern collectors do not stick exclusively to such safe 19th century American classics as George Caleb Bingham, George Inness and Thomas Eakins, and the Midwest's Big Three, Grant Wood, Thomas Benton and John Steuart Curry. They are also willing to bet their money on modern European masters-Braque, Matisse, Henry Moore and Giacometti-and the still-debated U.S. Painters Max Weber and the late Yasuo Kuniyoshi (opposite...
FREIGHT-RATE BOOST for U.S. railroads, originally granted on a temporary basis in 1952, will be made permanent. The Interstate Commerce Commission has canceled the expiration date (Dec. 31) of the rate hikes, will grant the 12% to 15% increases indefinitely. Without the boosts, roads would have lost an estimated $900 million in revenues next year...
PIGGYBACK SHIPPING will get a big boost from the Office of Defense Mobilization. ODM has set an expansion goal of 25 "roll-on, roll-off" oceangoing vessels to be used to ferry either trailer trucks or railroad freight cars, will grant fast tax write-offs to firms building the ships until Dec. 31, 1956. Three shipping companies have already signed up to build five ships worth $14.5 million...