Word: greatest
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...show here was a one-composer show, too. Bream served up on his delectable seven-course lute (made by London's renowned Thomas Goff) an appetizing baker's dozen of dance pieces and fantasias by England's greatest lute-composer and song-writer, John Dowland (properly pronounced Doh-land, contrary to almost universal practice...
Moneymaking enterprises are not necessarily to be scorned, especially when they involve one of the two or three greatest Shakespearean actors of the day. But I think Ages of Man would draw a mixed verdict whatever its origins. Any such jumble must inevitably be at once too much and too little...
...state police searching for a commissioner who had failed to check out properly. Intense, he can work his staff to exhaustion, still feel fit himself, takes pride in making fast judgments and quick decisions ("It's just like tennis"). Says a close adviser: "He's found his greatest love in being Governor...
...Unveiled with a flourish was a 30-in. marble bust of Cosimo de Medici, Duke of Florence (1519-74), a rediscovery by De Young's Director Walter Heil.*It appeared to be Cellini's long-lost bid for fame as what he himself claimed he was, "the greatest sculptor since Michelangelo...
...cars wheeled into showrooms, the big question was: How well will they sell? If the '59s catch on, they could lead the U.S. economy to its greatest boom. If they flop, recovery might be plodding. Last week, even discounting the usual dealer enthusiasm, the cars looked mighty hot. Government economists, weighing such factors as auto prices, population growth and the age of cars now on the road, predicted 1959-model sales...