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...aver that London is in the midst of a renaissance, that its theater is "in a second Elizabethan era." Nonsense. While it may be the world's pleasure capital, London smacks more of Las Vegas desperation than of Renaissance gusto. Compare the solitary John Osborne with Marlowe, Shakespeare, Jonson and Webster. The contrast is humbling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 29, 1966 | 4/29/1966 | See Source »

Virginia Morris, the object of his bristling affections, strutted and slutted with a cynical sort of gusto. Though gifted with no greater vocal ability than others in the cast, she carried her songs with her eyes and Lenya-esque phrasing. Susan Levenstein--her daughter--made the most of a single joke, played the piano when necessary, and displayed her garters to advantage...

Author: By Martin S. Levine and George H. Rosen, S | Title: A Man's A Man | 4/29/1966 | See Source »

...purposes, moreover, Humphrey's fame as a liberal crusader has assured him a respectful hearing from foreign governments and segments of American society that had discredited the Administration's motives in Viet Nam. As for Humphrey, he has risen to the challenge with all the old gusto and with new-found gravity and grace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Vice-Presidency: The Bright Spirit | 4/1/1966 | See Source »

Frenchmen call it saumon blanc and eat it with gusto. To the British, it is the fish in their beloved fish 'n' chips. On the U.S.'s West Coast, however, it goes by the unappetizing name of hake, and what little of it fishermen have caught has been ground into fish meal for poultry feed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fishing: Raising Hake | 3/18/1966 | See Source »

...appointed not because I was a Negro, but maybe in spite of that fact." One of Weaver's most welcome qualifications is that he himself is a lover of cities and a connoisseur of urban living. "The American city is like a beguiling woman," he says with gusto. "Each woman has her own attributes, and each man, thank God, can make a choice." Weaver raves about such cities as New York ("You can get the best cheap meal and the lousiest expensive meal in the country"), Chicago ("Such terrific oomph") and San Francisco ("I can walk with pleasure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cities: Hope for the Heart | 3/4/1966 | See Source »

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